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Bienes Raices Are you allowed to screen tenants by appearance or dress?
25 July 2009 | 18 replies

I don't mean by race or ethnicity but:

If someone shows up to apply covered with tattoos or wearing those pants that hang below the butt, is that enough legally allowable to screen them out? Or do you need to go ahea...

Ken Bryant Bandit Signs
28 August 2020 | 33 replies

I have a question regarding Bandit signs. Would someone share their thoughts on the use of bandit signs. What are response rates? What are sizes of signs etc. 

Timothy Frazier Yellow letter writers-give me your best script and critique mine
27 August 2021 | 7 replies

Been hitting yellow letters hard for some off market deals. All going to absentee owners in zip codes I’m interested in. Started off ok but been going cold lately. Here’s my script:

Dear Bob-

Hello, my name is T...

Loren Thomas Painted Countertops - Success!
5 July 2015 | 54 replies

The wife and I recently painted our kitchen countertops. We both think it came out great, at the very least much much better than the laminate look we had before. Painting the countertops could be a very economical wa...

Mindy Jensen Staging Looks AWFUL - What Do You Do?
1 May 2019 | 36 replies

Someone in a Facebook group I'm in posted pictures of their house's staging. The listing agent suggested they hire a stager, who cost them a lot of money.The house looks awful. Older or downright weird furniture, beds...

Brandon G. The Big Short: What they left out
8 March 2016 | 33 replies

I just finished watching The Big Short, a movie about the real estate bubble.  I enjoyed the information in the movie but I was very let down by the fact that they never acknowledged the fact that subprime mortgages w...

Tom R. Dont buy paint from Home depot.
15 September 2018 | 99 replies

I brought a paint sample to home depot to match and purchased a sample. I only needed enough to cover a few sq feet.  When I went to use the paint it didnt match. I took it back to the store for a refund and they refu...

Tony Schober Denying prospective tenants access
9 February 2009 | 21 replies

I haven't found a clear answer on this.

A prospective tenant meets you at the property for a showing. They have already passed your phone screening. Upon arrival, they look like FREAKS.

Do you still show them the p...

Michael Rossi The Biggest Racist in the US?
27 July 2009 | 76 replies

My vote goes to Professor Gates who immediately accused a police officer of racial profiling when that police officer responded to a report of a break-in of his own house. Was it really too much to ask that Prof. Gat...

Jeremiah Dye Dress for success, really matter??
29 May 2018 | 72 replies

Hello all! I was just thinking before I go to a new small bank and inquire about financing and opening new accounts, how important are the clothes I wear? Let me tell you about my everyday work attire, I’m blue collar...