Peter Vander Ploeg
Real Estate Questions for a Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
Hi All -
I plan to write a blog series for the bigger pockets community, and I’m looking for topics that are important to you. Could you answer these 3 questions to help me? Thanks for taking the time to leave a r...
Michele Fischer
Applicant with no SSN
Need some advice, please.We have a lot of Hispanic families in my rental neighborhood, but they rarely apply for our units (not sure why, except some Craigslist ads do advertise that they speak Spanish), so I don't ha...
James Peters
Person squatting with no lease at my father's home in Long Beach
The Long Beach Police have not been able to help with this situation, so I figured I would reach out to see if the BP community could offer some advice for a huge pain I have been dealing with for over 3 years.Here is...
Suzanne B.
Creative Title Transfer to Land Title to Avoid Lien Attached to County?
My lender just discovered a lien filed in 2019 against my husband in the county where I reside. When I applied to consolidate my first and second mortgages with a new mortgage through a new lender, I applied alone bu...
Luka Milicevic
Would you take a tenant with a prior eviction
Had a tenant apply. Qualified on income and checks every box. Filled out all forms properly, and communicates very well. Has an eviction on record 6.5 years ago. If they applied 6 mo from now it would have not even sh...
Account Closed
Late payers, regulars, slow rolling every month
Earlier this year we took management of our properties back, so we are now self owned and operated. We have found that many tenants do not take the late fees or notices seriously, many want a payment arrangement each ...
Joffrey Long
Usury Expert Witness: California Mortgage Litigation Questions
This post relates primarily to California:
Hard money loans are often made at rates that exceed usury interest limitations. On hard money loans, California trust deeds can be exempt from usury interest limitations u...
Jerryll Noorden
Something is off...
All I have taken a few steps back to re-evaluate things.I am struggling with some fundamental issues here.OK the reason I have had so much success with my return calls is because I did NOT do the "tried and proven" t...
J. Martin
3-6%+ Avg Appreciation Forever?!? Maybe!
How can people pay ever-increasing prices that exceed their income growth (buying or renting)? Why wouldn't they just build somewhere else? Before anyone hurls rocks at me!.. Here's the premise:
High-demand...
Brittney Cain
Can a PA landlord ban their tenants guests from visiting them?
Do any of you know the law on whether or not landlord can ban guests from visiting their tenants apartment? I recently visited my mother, who rents the apartment, and I got into an argument with another tenant. The te...