Peter Schiff
Selective application of HOA rules
We are in a dispute with HOA about changes to a property located in Tennessee. After purchasing the property, we have installed privacy walls on a deck, something that about 50% of properties in the association has. W...
Mindy Jensen
How Specific Do You Get: Inspection Objection/Resolution Language
I rep the buyer, and the seller was replacing a Federal Pacific Panel. City is NOTORIOUS for requiring permits for EVERYTHING. In fact, their permit department website says "It would be easier for us to tell you what ...
Carl W.
Red Flag? Tenant won't allow Access to Property
I found a multifamily home in my area that I'm interested in potentially purchasing. I've had my eye on it for some time and finally had the opportunity to tour it, however, when we arrived the tenant refused to let u...
Greg Parks
Renting a basement unit with a grinder (macerating) toilet
I'm currently considering purchasing a property with a basement unit. The basement currently has a grinder toilet (macerating toilet) hooked up. The full bathroom (sink, shower, and toilet--obviously) passes throug...
Kosh Vokter
opening subfloor in living room ceiling to access 1st floor bathroom pipes
I have a water leak in the living room ceiling area, just below the tub from the bathroom upstairs. A plumber cut the drywall and detected the water leak coming from copper pipes that's connected to the bathtub in the...
Henry Clark
Self Storage-So you just died. Did you send your family to Hxxx?
There was no reason, but the day I hit 30, I realized it was “ME”.
Everyone around my family was doing fine, work was great, it was a
nice day. Just for some reason, I realized I was the person in
charge of my li...
Patty C.
What Choice To Make For Defined Benefit Supplement (DBS) Upon Retirement?
What would you do if you had a defined benefit supplement (DBS)? Would you take a lump sum? annuitize it of a period certain? annuitize for life? roll it over to a 403(B)/401(K)? roll it over to an ira?Lump sum puts m...
Shaydon Childers
Loan Assumption (Family Farmhouse)
Hello, I am trying to find a creative way to take over my father in laws house (67). He owes 200K (assumable) on a deteriorating farm house in a great area, on 5 acres. House is worth 650K in its current condition and...
Tiffany Reguera
Vinyl in Bathroom & Kitchen
Just bought a single family in Redding, CA, replacing the flooring prior to renting it out. I'd like consistent flooring throughout as it is an older home with 2 additions, so I think being consistent with the floori...
Brian Anderson
Elderly tenant application
I have a prospective tenant who is 80 years old with parkinsons. Her husband is around the same age with cancer. I have already run a credit check and everything is essentially perfect. They are a very nice couple, an...