Mona Zemsky
foreign diplomat as tenant, how to protect myself
Hello, I'm lucky enough that a foreign diplomat is interested in a 4-year lease on my house in Chicago. It's the incoming Consul General for the country's Consulate General in Chicago and his family.A foreign nationa...
Asher Pearl
Property management company owes money and misconduct - issues
Hi,
Our Property management company in Indiana has done a lot of damage to our property due to neglect and misconduct. In addition the company owes us a lot of money.
We are unable to communicate with them to get o...
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best way to protect myself???
So I am a greenback when it comes to investing in real estate. My plan is to take out an equity loan against my personal residence for a low rate @ 30 year fixed rate. I was thinking of taking $40k and purchasing a du...
Zocky Zhang
tenant keep water flow, end up with large water bill to landlord
I have a rental property in Philadelphia and the tenant was late with rental for 2 months, we decided to evict the tenant have a court date at beginning of next month.now we received a large water bill for last month,...
Kelly Payne
How to do Cash for Keys with Illegal Immigrant
Hi guys,
I got a house under contract that also came with an unhappy tenant. The tenant's wife was living at the house under a L/O contract, which expired 8 months ago. The couple got a divorce, the wife moved out,...
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Workaround to Eviction Moratorium
Good Morning BP Community,As a multi-family apartment owner, I was thinking about how dangerous the government-imposed eviction moratoriums could be to the fundamentals of our business model. I understand that the cur...
Ashley Ketvongsa
Subto Newbie looking for answers on an impending foreclosure
I’m a real estate agent and have been approached by a neighbor who is in the very last stage of foreclosure (within the month). We are meeting with them tomorrow to discuss and view their home. At this point we couldn...
Andy Sabisch
Question on tenant smoking marijuana
Question . . .our leases have a NO SMOKING INSIDE clause. On one of our duplexes, the tenant on one side reported that the smell of marijuana is coming from the other side. Not going to get into a discussion about p...
Amie D.
Wear and tear vs tenant damage
Fiver-year SFR tenants moved out. Refused showings, which made me suspect they had something to hide (addressed in a previous post.)Property managers now want to charge me $1886 to repaint the interior of the 764 sq f...
Greg Scott
Biden Eviction Moratorium
Today Joe Biden outlined his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan. Included was a proposal to enact a federal ban on evictions through September of 2021.
Talking recently with our attorney, he felt eviction moratoriums were ...