Frankie Betancourt
Renting foreclosed home to squatters
hello i won a house at auction and there was squatters or people already living there not original owner and they already started fixing up the house Cause they need a place to stay and asked if i can help them fix ...
Daniel Dietz
What is the 'Value' of an assumable mortgage?
Hello,My daughter is buying her first home and is looking at a couple of different 'first time home buyer options' that are available with her qualifications. Essentially what is comes down to is that going the 'conve...
Cal Ewing
Houston Mobile Home Rules
Hi folks, I have a lot I am selling in Sunnyside (south part of Houston). I have a buyer wanting to move a mobile home on the lot. I have heard that mobile homes are not allowed within the Houston city limits. Can som...
Jeff B.
Asset Protection vs Piercing the Corporate Veil
Asset Protection & Piercing the Corporate VeilWe've all heard of Asset Protection and the suggestion is typically to create an LLC and hold title in that legal entity. In and of itself, this can be a major hurdle ...
Jason V.
Best Books of 2016 List
I'm starting in on the task of Christmas shopping, and looking for good books for one family member. On the Washington Post 'Best Books of 2016' list, I stumbled across this gem:'Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the Ame...
Michael Quang
C Neighborhood Rental- Rent Ready, but unable to find tenants.
Hello Experts!
I have an investment property located in a C neighborhood (43204). Historically, this area has high crime, but slowly getting better. New money are coming in to rehab these units. I was among the many...
Elisabeth Lernhardt
Federal rent control?!
After the Covid rent debacle involving CDC and the Supreme Court, here is the next shoe to drop: Federal Rent control. Some states are still holding landlords hostage, by not allowing rent enforcement, eg California. ...
Jim Cummings
California Rent Control
California Draws Battle Lines in Rent Control ConflictKathy Fettke | 28 May 2018The battle lines have been drawn in the war over California rent control. Tenant advocates announced recently they have enough signatures...
Account Closed
Most Millennials regret buying a home
One of biggest issues I’ve personally had with Real Estate in general is the very large up front costs, arduous process and illiquidity involved in it. So many R.E. Owners and agents constantly say this property is wo...
Ted Harris
Did Foreigners Cause America's Financial Crisis?
Interesting TIME article about root cause of the US financial crisis .... not sure I agree but put a different spin on what I've read and believed before:
"There is no doubt that the pressure on the U.S. financial sy...