Jason Bhatti
How to talk to investors Online and/or in-person?
I recently joined a custom builder company to work on digital strategy and found myself wanting to try and speak with real estate investors directly but am a bit unsure on how I would approach them with a single asset...
Aimee Hamza
Owner does not want to rent to roommates
Hello all! I'm a Realtor in Austin, TX and have had this come up a few times over the years. I'm wondering if it is legal for me (as the lease listing agent) to refuse applicants just because they are roommates. Would...
Richard Davis
How will post-COVID evictions affect the market in 2022?
I’m trying to get a handle on whether a wave of successful evictions is going to hit Atlanta in the first half of 2022 and, if so, what this will do to the real estate in the area (rentals or sales).
Here’s why I thi...
Brittaney Abodunde
Not renewing lease but also have not paid rent
We currently have a tenant whose lease is coming to an end at the end of March. We plan on not renewing their lease. However they have forwarded us a letter from Community Action Covid -19 emergency rental service whi...
Elizabeth Zielinski
Smoking policies and medical marajuana cards
Is it legal to refuse a prospective tenant if they have a medical marajuana card? Nothing against medicinals, but I don’t want to deal with the smell and subsequent cleanup. I also don’t want a lawsuit. I’m in Michiga...
Account Closed
Love to hear your comments -Exclusions Because of Prior Arrest
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued new guidance on April 4th, 2016 that is going to require all single-family and multifamily rental professionals to revisit their policies.In a decision that...
Account Closed
Is your buyers list screwing you?
I see people trying to create a buyer’s list all the time. In the old days they would go to the REIA meetings and walk around getting everyone’s phone number and email. Nowadays people will post on a Facebook group an...
Mike Adams
Financing for a 4-plex with under-market rents
Looking at a 4-plex that has been owned by the same family since the 80s. Market rate rents are around 2k a month per unit. They are currently charging around 860 a month per unit. The asking price is 700k. Any sugges...
Pratish Halady
Will they consider me a resident for CA tax purpose?
Hello,
Apologies but I have a somewhat urgent tax query. We are closing soon on a house in San Francisco, CA. We are US citizens living in the Philippines. I want to ask if we would be considered as residents of CA f...
Tony Nguyen
1 Billion Dollar Fund
Below is an article that sounds like many i read daily. It seems like an announcement that the company gathered up this amount of money and are out to buy and hold real estate. I may be over thinking it but here are s...