Miranda Crown
Roommate laws, same as other tenants?
I currently have roommates "with privacy." They basically occupy two bedrooms with a bath in between, one of the rooms converted into a modest kitchenette. We have a door between our "units". I set up a lease (simi...
Luz Pagan
Be aware of this FL Law
CONSTRUCTION LIEN LAW[FLORIDA STATUTES § 713.015]ACCORDING TO FLORIDA’S CONSTRUCTION LIEN LAW (SECTIONS 713.001-713.37, FLORIDA STATUTES), THOSE WHO WORK ON YOUR PROPERTY OR PROVIDE MATERIALS AND SERVICES AND ARE NOT ...
Kevin Bieber
Max occupanncy laws for Arizona (Chandler)
I wanted to reach out reach out and see if anyone had a reference to the amount of unrelated tenants that could live in a property. The most recent request i had was for 4 people. Can you guys provide any documentat...
David F.
Rental Advertising and Fair Housing Laws
Asking for clarification on a tenant screening/application issue. I placed a listing on apartments.com with a minimum fico and income requirement. They rejected my ad saying that this violated national fair housing ...
Katie Fiola Jones
Hypothetically purchasing my in-laws house
Hello BP! My husband and I are still pretty new to investing (under contract right now for our first OOS duplex in Indiana!). We are very excited for our first rental property! Anyway, my mother-in-law mentioned over ...
Raul R.
New NYC Airbnb law just passed
https://nypost.com/2018/07/18/nyc-bill-passes-to-force-airbnb-to-give-up-names-addresses-of-hosts/
For anyone doing Airbnb in NYC, are you concern about this new law or see it as a positive (less competition)??
Scott Harper
Elder Law question and real estate
A friend has a mother that has gone to assisted living. She has retirement income of $3000.00 a month. Medicare is paying now but eventually may need Medicaid to pay. He has a home valued at 200k and her husband passe...
Marcia Gilad
Security deposit laws in Los Angeles
My property manager just quit and my tenants are due to move out tomorrow. She's doing the walk-through with them, but won't do anything beyond that. I don't know the laws around returning the security deposit. She to...
Matt Smith
121 exclusion. State or Federal law?
Is the 121 exclusion a federal tax law or a state tax law. Someone asked me this and I always just assumed it was a federal law. If this is the case, would you still be subject to the state capitol gains tax.
Chris Loy
New Law School Graduate from Denver!
Hello BP Community!I'm a fresh law school graduate (from Univ. of Fla.—Go Gators!) who recently relocated to Denver, Colo. I've grown up around real estate my entire life (my dad is a general contractor), and I found ...