Toks Akindele
Putting Eviction Award to landlord on Credit Score sites
Hello there, has anybody done this before. If you evict a tenant and the courts gave you back possession and also awarded you the financial judgement you had asked for (unpaid rent and paid fees) which the tenant can'...
Rc Morris
Attorney Needed For Small Claims Court In Georgia?
I am beginning the process of taking a vendor to small claims court in Georgia for non-delivery of materials and services. The total amount is less than $3000. My question is that since the vendor was paid with a chec...
Ali BenAyed
Adding a 2nd adult to lease
My tenant wants to add her girlfriend but she says. She says her girlfriend had bad credit because her mom added her to lease without knowing and failed to pay. For that reason, her girlfriend doesn't want to be added...
Phil Reames
A marketing observation
I am a financial planner who is adding real estate investing to my interests. I built my financial planning practice on seminar marketing which uses direct mail to fill the seats. As I have been reading the differen...
David Paul
Real Estate & Friendships Sometimes Don't Mix Well
Hey everyone, Two friends (probably former now) bought a house together. Let's call them Jacob and Michael. Yes. Real Situation, no not real names.Things happen, friendship is over for whatever reason.They were doing ...
Joshua Dorkin
What Percentage of Evictions Come with Financial Judgements?
Hey all -
I'm trying to find a data point and was hoping you might be able to help me with the research. I'm curious as to finding out the percentage of evictions that come with a financial judgement vs. the percent...
Ken Rishel
Courts are Speaking on using MLOs and others as "Fronts"
Here on Bigger Pockets it is very popular to suggest that one can make loans through MLOs and avoid any responsibility for licensure and compliance. I have held that since January of 2014 that that is likely a very da...
Michael Lenahan
Tenants owe me 5K in back rent - What is my recourse?
Hi,My first time in 5 years of Real Estate Investing that I had to evict someone. So the process is new to me...The tenant was recently locked out (11.28) and their Petition to Restore was denied. They owe me over 5K...
David Kieta
Property Tax & Eminent Domain
Thoughts? I believe the IL Supreme Court made the right decision here. However, MB Financial had a creative argument, and they did rely on past precedent. https://dsnews.com/news/10-31-2023/illinois-court-property-t...
Brian Bradley
Asset Protection Trusts (Domestic vs Foreign) why it matters
What is an asset protection trust? Who needs them? Where do you set them up? Lets jump into this.
Lets start with the need for asset protection and why asset protection works. Asset Protection works by removing the ...