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Lauren Ruppert Contractor using undocumented workers...damages property...
20 March 2024 | 4 replies

I'm going to cut to the chase: a so-called "contractor" had his employees do some work in one of my rental units.  The worker poured grout/mortar water into the tub. Needless to say, two weeks later when the tenants m...

J. Martin YOUR BEST REAL ESTATE JOKE - SHARE A LAUGH FOR A MOMENT
29 October 2014 | 4 replies

Share your favorite real estate / economics / finance jokes, so we can a minute from our deal-making to put a smile on our faces..BROKER JOKE. NO OFFENSE TO ANY BROKERS OUT THERE!I'VE BEEN HAVING A TOUGH TIME DECIDING...

Sean Brennan True or False - Bird Dogging is Illegal
23 April 2013 | 8 replies

Specifically this situation:

A wholesaler pays a mail man for the address of a vacant property. The wholesaler is not a licensed RE salesperson/broker.

Is this an illegal activity for the wholesaler, the mail man...

Christian Fowler Tenant Wants to Pay Upfront
30 November 2021 | 9 replies

Would you rent to a tenant that wants to pay up front? Have not run background/credit check yet but she has mentioned she has terrible credit and is not currently employed. She received money from a "settlement" and w...

Jessa Batylin True Refi No Closing Cost
19 November 2021 | 3 replies

Our primary home is paid off, we are Refi-Ing and going to use the equity to purchase our 1st flip. Lender #1 is offering no closing cost, same interest rate but less on the LTV only 65%. Lender #2 is offering more LT...

Tim Oppelt To be clear, Is paying a bird dog $500 for a closed property illegal?
21 April 2014 | 7 replies

I am a real estate wholesaler in Delaware and I advertise on craigslist: "Investor pays $500 per property lead that closes". So bird dogs bring me a bunch of leads, and if i wholesale one of those, i will pay them ...

Colleen F. 1099 Misc if you pay by credit card
19 January 2020 | 3 replies

The instructions for 1099-MISC say this:    Form 1099-K. Payments made with a credit card or payment card and certain other types of payments, including third-party network transactions, must be reported on Form 1099-...

Adam M. Settlement and Plumbing Concerns
24 August 2020 | 9 replies

Hi All,
I am under contract on a property in Jacksonville, FL and there are a few concerns I have now that inspection has been completed. The inspector noted that this property has a settlement concern with a few cra...

Dan Green Jacksonville FL is a probate needed
18 April 2017 | 14 replies

Hey BP family I could use some advice. I'm a wholesaler in Tampa FL but I am wholesaling a house in my home town in Jacksonville FL. My aunt died and left her home to my cousin ( her only living child) will she need ...

David A. Friend severed fingers on a job site yesterday!
6 August 2014 | 12 replies

Hi all,

I have a friend that had an accident yesterday while remodeling a home. He had to be airlifted to the hospital and lost two fingers. He has been working for a guy for the past 7 years or so doing remo...