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A friend of mine is buying a house next week, and when he looked at the settlement package, he noticed that he's getting a special warranty deed (SWD) instead of a general warranty deed (GWD). I know the differen...
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HiI have been contacted by an assisted living company that is interested in renting my home to use as a small 4 client assisted living home. They currently have another assisted home in a different part of town that t...
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Insurance: what’s your “it saved me” success story?We’ve all heard the horror stories and know the illogical thinking behind not having property insurance.However; In reviewing all of our property insurance with my EX...
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Guess I need to add a trampoline clause to my rental agreements. Our tenant setup a trampoline, without my knowledge. My guess is that it is a used trampoline, because it has no net or spring cover. Well, it just so h...
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So my natural bent would be to go as cheap as possible to simply satisfy the loan requirements. I guess I am a skeptic that thinks between the deductible and the claim fighting that I won't ever get any benefit from t...
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Hello All, I landed a single-family deal in Upton ma. The property is in great shape one of the best in town, no repair is needed, renovated in 2018. Valued at around 900K, trying to get it for 700K-750K by assuming a...
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What would you be careful of before renting to someone new to US with good salary (6 time rent) but no credit history in US ? Proof of salary from employer offer letter only. Good bank balance proof (25 times the rent...
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I will be purchasing a house subject to the existing mortgage. How should I best handle the insurance? The options I see are
1. Contact their insurance and make me the "name insured", then have them as "additional in...
I had a chimney fire (wood insert-unknown cause at this point), in my 6,000 sq ft house, on Monday. The fire was confined to the roof area of the chimney but they had the hoses on at least 90 minutes. There was smok...