Jeff Takle
Beta testers needed for development of PM software
Hello. Cyber Applications Group, LLC is in the final stages of development for the Virtual Property Manager, a web-based system for individual owners of rental property to professionally manage their own properties.
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Bill S.
Asbestos in property to be demolished
I have a property that I am selling that will be scraped for the land. The buyer has tested and found that it has a small percentage of asbestos in some of the texture. They did about 30 tests in the 1,100 sq ft prope...
James Park
California Broker Exam
I will be taking my broker exam in two weeks. The exam has 200 multiple choice questions (5 hours long), and I have heard the Calfornia broker exam is tough. I will be flying out from Chicago to take the test so i nee...
M Marie M.
Lead problem in property
So I've been quiet, there is a reason. I've been through 1.5 contractors. The first imploded and his people were horribly slow and incompetent. The next one, the .5, sort of didn't want to deal with the mess the first...
Anastasia Orth
Perc/Mantle & Property Line Markers
Hello BP community! Question: when buying raw rural land, whose responsibility is it to 1) perform the perc and mantle test and 2) put up the property markers?My fiancee and I are looking at a piece of land in CA th...
Paul A.
Smoke Alarms- Who is responsible?
Simple question, who is responsible for the upkeep of the batteries of smoke alarms? Tenants, or property manager? And to what degree?If I hear a tenant's smoke alarm low battery beeping, and give them the batteries f...
Jaime Penix
General Contracting, a good idea for the novice?
This might be a silly inquiry, I don't know. But I was speaking with the subcontractor doing some work on one of my places, and he is trying to convince me to get a General Contracting license. He went on to tell me a...
Janice H.
water in basement of possible first deal in western ME
Hello fellow BP members,My husband and I are interested in a duplex in a small town in Oxford County, ME. It is in a nice part of town on a dead end street and the units looked like they were recently renovated (new ...
Bryson Sumrall
Asbestos and lead Based Paint
First I’d like to apologize for the length of this post but have questions about lead based paint and asbestos that I can’t seem to find an answer too. I am a new investor in south Mississippi. My farm area is laurel,...
Joe Spinelli
Real Estate Professional - 750 hour question
Hello everyone! I know the criteria to be a RE Professional is 750 hours in RE and more hours in RE than any other job. My accountant told me that I need to spend 750 hours PER PROPERTY which does not make sense. H...