Michael Ealy
Investing "Rules" and Times You Violated them and Made Money!
There are so many real estate investing "rules" that seem to work a lot of times but following them "blindly" will make you lose out and overlook a ton of investing opportunities.For example, I've heard of the rule th...
Jim Young
How to rent to students without violating Fair Housing laws?
Hi All,I'd like to hear your thoughts on marketing and renting a townhouse to college students. On one hand I want to target my advertising, lease, tenant acceptance criteria, policies etc. to students and their pare...
Martha J Escudero Acosta
The house can't be sold or lease under City violations
The closing on this property is July 28, The City of Austin sent a letter to the current owner that says such house can not be sold or lease until the violations are corrected. The corrections must be made before the ...
Steven Rich
How To Avoid Paying $1.9 Million Copyright Violations Like Zillow
I recently published a blog post on a California real estate site using the above title. However, because I am the author, BiggerPockets won't allow me to include the URL link here. They call it "Self-Promotion" which...
Scott Johnson
Should I File Freedom Of Information To Get Code Violations?
I mentioned this in another post, but I figure it's a good topic.The city of Greenville, NC is telling me that code violations are not public record. This doesn't make much sense to me, and I'm searching for the ordin...
Cali Skier
Tenants have a pet, violated lease, leaving in 6 weeks
So we have received word from our tenants that they wish to vacate in 6 weeks, at the end of their lease. We notified them that we would like to come review the property in the next week so that we can assess when it...
Ashley Jones
What’s the exact term for this violation & possible outcomes?
I have a crappy upstairs neighbor renting the unit above me & I own my downstairs unit. So far, the tenant has gotten 2 noise violations & the last one resulted in a $100 fine. Now, she has this guy that has b...
Yao Thompson
Evict a tenant due to their animal violating conduct clause
If I have a prohibited conduct clause in my lease which states that "the tenant cannot disturb, threaten the comfort, health or rights of others" can I use this as a basis for an eviction if the tenants animal lunged ...
Mike Hsiao
Question about California Civil and San Diego Municipal Code violations
I am looking into an off market, 4 unit property in San Diego that was brought to me by a Realtor. The property is currently completely vacant, and looks like it has been that way for some time. Looking at tax recor...
Reuben Pena
What loan options do I have to rehab building violations?
Hello BP family,
I recently purchased a home with an FHA 203K loan. Rehab portion of the loan was to repair some interior work worth up to $65k. unfortunately 1 month after closing, I had one of the tenants that was ...