Bradley Hager
Tenant screening a corporation or business
My question is what is the proper way to screen/credit check a business who will be paying for a residential lease? I have a potential renter for a single family property where the company they work for will be payin...
Traci Thomason
Tenant Rent Reduction Request
Have your tenants ever asked for a rent reduction?My tenants (students renting by the bedroom in a 4 Br college town home) are requesting a rent reduction due to repairs taking a long time. Their AC and Fridge have no...
Alik Levin
Broken electric fireplace replacement - repair or improvement?
Dear all!,Does electric fireplace replacement count for repair or improvement?The real question is can I deduct the expense at once or must I depreciate it from tax perspective?Thank you-Alik
Jeffery Waicak
Posting for birddogs
Well the mls in my area is getting too hot. If I go on Craigslist there are a few I'll buy your house cash ads up. If i posted finders fee offered. I'll give you $××× I was thinking $500, if you can get me in contact...
Jason Coleman
Using an appraiser to buy with Cash
Hey BP,
I'm a newbie and I have a quick question about buying with cash then refinancing later. Can I pay an appraiser to come into a potential deal and appraise the house for me? My goal would be to refinance the hou...
Matt Liu
Handyman ripping me off
I have a handyman who has a clever way of ripping me off. He agrees to do a job for very cheap which makes me hire him, but then he doesn't do all the items we agreed on. How can I ensure this doesn't keep happenin...
Lei Zhao
Texas law to select tenants
Does Texas law allow screening multiple tenants and select the best one? I've heard from local people that we're only allowed to do the screening one by one and should give the unit to the first one who met the minimu...
Christopher Davis
Having a hard time making sense of "closing costs"
So, I'm looking at various loan options. See attached jpgs. I'm working on my first deal. I am talking to a local lender who was referred to me. We had a good meeting, and he is giving me different options. We broke t...
Samuel Ksiazkieicz
Florida short sales, have to be mortgage broker/realtor now?
I will be moving to Pensacola in a month or two and just received some annoying information. According to several people I know there, starting January 1, Governor Crist made it a crime for anyone who is not a mortga...
Roger Turner
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