Mindy Nicol
Surprise service animals and cleaning fees
Service animal question for the group.....I have a guest staying who I noticed has large 2 dogs. There were no pets disclosed in the booking and I was surprised to see them. I called Airbnb to see if they are service...
Uriah D.
What would you do... Estate sale gone wrong
I had an estate sale under contract back in July 2014 in Raleigh NC and proceeded to close. One of the heirs after signing the contract decided they didn't want to sell and would not sign the deed. We waited and waite...
Nicholas Morgan
Duplex under-appraised (20k)! Trying to buy. Now what??
Hello everyone. I found a nice duplex that my fiancee and I love. We were really looking forward to moving into after we're married in ~6w. .Mortgage company did an appraisal and it appraised for 92k and we have it un...
Steve Pickenpaugh
Current tenant acquires pit bull as emotional support animal
Hypothetical question. I am outlining my tenant rental policy on animals and came across some discussion of emotional support animals. The law is clear that you have to allow it and most suggest dealing with it by s...
Cindy Schneider
Renters asking to have pet, I have no pet policy
I have a duplex and I live in one side and rent the other. I have had renters in there for 10 months and they're asking if they can get a rescue dog. I have a no pet policy which was on the lease. I had remodeled thei...
Scott Hollister
Goldman Sachs is getting into the Fix-and-Flip Game
What does it mean when Goldman Sachs is getting into fix-and-flip loans? They are buying Genesis Capital ("Who issued $1 Billion in loans last year, up from $50 million in 2013")The article went to say that bigger ins...
Michael Lauther
need ideas to keep from selling family home
We recently Inherited Our family home in Bethpage NY. There are 4 grown children that will share equally in the estate that consists of the residence worth approx. 320,000 to 350,000 and 20,000 in government bonds...
Steve Hyzny
Is it time to move out of a high tax state?
I have an issue that I never though of until I started looking at real estate in different markets. I'm from IL which is what I learned a high tax state not just for property but for everything.
I inherited the famil...
Jane S.
Which option would you choose?
One of my properties, the best cash flowing SFR, has been vacant for 2 months. I’ve never experienced this huge of a lack of qualified applicants. I’ve started a no animals policy because the dog & human damage fr...
Rishita Tiwari
Tenants with service dogs
Dear Community,
I was having an interesting discussion with another landlord on the real estate partners discord (https://discord.gg/pKh34Yu3PM) regarding tenants having service dogs. So basically, some jurisdictions...