Wesley Sherow
Ethics in Bid Seeking: Question for Managers and Owners
Hey Bigger Pockets People,I was thinking about this in the morning today. My property management company is located in Albany, NY with about 350-500 apartments fluctuating. I have a few large clients that make up the ...
Doug Dorrer
RE Agent Ethics and 3rd Party Pay to Play
I'm asking for my fellow professionals their opinion on possible ethics violations regarding RE agents charging trades a fee to be added to their "Preferred" contractor list. I do know some trade licenses forbid payin...
Ryan Johnston
Creative ideas to legally/ethically avoid 6-month seasoning?
Fellow investors: it is so annoying to rehab a cash- or hard-money-purchased rental then have to wait six months before doing a traditional/conventional/conforming/Fannie/Freddie cash-out refi. I know that I could ju...
Jesse P.
Ethical questions about family lending/recording seconds and LTV
My brother and I bought and rehabbed a 5plex last year. We gutted 5 cabins built in the early 1900s, installed a new septic system and took out over 30 massive redwood trees. The project lasted about a year. We live i...
Adam Stroik
is billing back water and charging for laundry ethical?
Greetings All,I'm having an issue implementing a RUB system and am looking for some advice. we have told our tenants in our 4 unit bldg we would not be raising rents if they stayed on with us after their lease was up...
Mindy Jensen
Ethics Question: Do you "say" there are other offers?
This question comes out of frustration over the seemingly ubiquitous "We've received another offer, please give highest and best." I live in a hot market, and it seems whenever I call about a property, there's always ...
Jay Hinrichs
Code of ethics for hard money and private lenders
Here are a few list of ethics a good Hardmoney lender will follow and borrower to be cognizant about. 1. Do not Bait and Switch IE you see the 100% LTV 5% rates which we know don't exist. Don't advertise what you ar...
Alice Huang
Ethics - when wholesaler brings you a deal you’ve looked
Hello everyone,My business partner and I would love some insight on whether or not this has happened to you: Situation:We’ve looked at this property on MLS for $119k from our realtor. We liked the property but needs ...
Mindy Jensen
How Do You Ethically Invest in a Disaster Zone?
Harvey damaged 203,000 homes in Houston - at least that's the number I read this morning. I'm sure it's going to go up. I read 90% of homes destroyed did not have flood insurance.Irma looks to be headed to Florida. Sh...
Claudia Bonaudo
Is it ethic to have more than one realtor?
Hi everyone, I'm a little concerned here so maybe you can help me.I'm starting to look at properties with a realtor that I know and yesterday I went to an Open House and I met another realtor that's very nice and frie...