Pat Hamilton
Violations & License and Inspection
I own a property in Philadelphia which is managed by a professional management company. My tenant had not been paying rent for months due to maintenance issues. The property management company says that the tenant a...
Robert Steele
Security deposit deductions for smoking
Well I got my second less than stellar tenant in two years. Another single mom. Figures. A pity you cannot discriminate based on marital status. Anyway, after she moved out the place stunk like cigarette smoke. I knew...
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Friend's landlord keeping deposit in PA
My friend just recently (July 31) moved out of her rented house in PA. The place is basically a dump, falling apart. When she and her two housemates moved in, there was furniture already present (the place was rented ...
Carlos Romano
Odd conditions on mortgage?
I’m working on a mortgage for a primary home and these stipulations seems very strange…am I being paranoid? I sold a vehicle and paid off a credit card (2500 dollars) to improve my savings and borrowing rate, now the...
Mike C.
New construction loan?
My plan is to build a fourplex(townhomes). I have received quotes for just the shell/frame and a complete move-in ready build. The difference is close to 150k. I am comparing the complete build to the cost of the sh...
John Chan
So whats the FHA rule again?
I just got a single family under contract. There's minimal work needed to be done before I plan on flipping this property, but isn't there an FHA rule that states that you cant flip a property for x% of profit within ...
Pavel Sakurets
Angry landlords sent this to MN governor about eviction moratoriu
To Tim Waltz, MN governor
POSTED ON JULY 15, 2020 BY REALESTATEADMIN
7/13/20 you extended eviction moratorium. Are you out of your mind?
Perhaps you are thinking that this extension would help tenants that lost the...
Mike Haworth
Foreclosure of Reverse Mortgage/Non Probated Property
Found a foreclosed property that was going to auction. Got the auction stopped and submitted a short sale purchase contract from my partner/investor to lender which was denied as the offer was less than the payoff an...
Geoff S.
Energy Efficiency Ratings
Throwing a question out to the BP RE Community.Is anyone using energy effiency ratings, such as HERS (Home Energy Rating System) as a way to increase monetary value for energy efficient homes? Either for purposes of...
Jonathan Bombaci
FREE stuff through state incentives
In MA there are great rebates through mass save on any 1-4 unit residents properties. You can get:
-$10,000 per unit for mini-splits
- $5,000 per unit for knob and tube removal
- 75-100% off insulation
- FREE li...