Anna Ahhee
I NEED HELP CONFRONTING A SLUM LANDLORD..
I need advice on how to confront a slum landlord that benefits both sides. Heres the situation, the tenants currently renting the property are paying $1150 month and complain to the owners about major repairs need...
Krista Dodson
Are Application Fees worth it?
Our rental unit (5/3 SFH) has typically been a group home with 4 unrelated adults. I have never run background checks or credit checks on tenants, and the only screening I've done in the past was verifying employment ...
Account Closed
Purchasing inspection after previous buyer backed out?
So I am not totally sure if this is way out in left field but has anyone ever purchased an inspection from someone who backed out of a deal due to inspection contingency? My thoughts are that it would be a way for th...
Bradley Lewis
New investors or investors who self manage there own properties
Hello BP,I am still new to investing and have been reading through all the forums to gain more knowledge about the tenant screening process. It seems to me from tons of reading that the tenant screening process is sca...
Lisa Kester
Help with Unethical Behavior by Appraiser
Possible ethical misconduct:
I listed a house for my spouse and his brother that was an estate. I sold the house to a close friend who is an investor. He also purchased all of the contents for an estate sale outside...
Mike Miller
Using a Business Name, Is my Legal Name Viewable to Public?
I know many people use a DBA/LLC name as an agent, I like the idea for privacy.However, what if someone looked up my license number on the state Real Estate website, like California Bureau of Real Estate, will it disp...
Aaron Wyssmann
Homework sheet for tenants after signing lease
I know that on one of the podcasts I heard @Brandon Turner mention giving his tenants a homework sheet or something of that nature.For example it might have on it that they must have utilities on in their name before ...
Account Closed
And We're Off! (Part 2 of the Breaking the Appraiser series)
And We’re Off! (Part 2 of The Breaking the Appraiser Series)
There is a Strategy
In the inaugural edition of the Breaking the Appraiser
series, a call went out to all real estate owners and syndicators. It was mad...
Brian McCarter
Rejecting Law Students
Hey everyone. So I am trying to determine if it's still legal to automatically reject lawyers and law students on that basis alone? I am in Massachusetts. It's a new rental season and I like to brush up on my knowled...
Gene D.
Indianapolis job cuts
Hey guys, wondering what the locals think will be the impact of this from, here is the article from IBJ:September 6, 2016Hayleigh ColomboCarmel-based for-profit college operator ITT Educational Services Inc. announced...