Alex Ballas
Basic yard maintenance agreement
Looking to hire a local guy to mow the lawn, collect litter, take trash bins to curb. Do I need a signed contract for that? Do I need to worry about insurance and workers comp or is any of that covered by a landlord...
Kellen Driscoll
Tampa 4 plex - Sinkhole
Hey BP,I was doing some research on a 4-unit property deal in Tampa, Fl and called an insurance company who told me that these properties (2 duplexes) are located .1 miles from a sinkhole and they would not insurance ...
Justine Lam
Conventional Loans around Big Island Hawaii
Do you know of a good real estate investor friendly lender for Hawaii? Also looking for volcano insurance for Big Island. Thanks!Justine
Lois S.
How would you handle this sad situation - tenant suicide
I saw this online today. How would you have handled it?"Woman battles landlord after husband commits suicide and she moves out" www.azcentral.com The tenants were a young couple. The husband had been in the military...
Sanjay Gupta
Hiring Unlicensed contractor to perform some work
Hi,We need to do start project and we will be hiring Licensed Contractor but we would like to some work done by Unlicensed Contractors( Handyman).Do I need to take Workers Comp insurance ? What kind of insurance we w...
Cathy Leco
Security deposit vs non-refundable fee
I am considering going from charging a refundable security deposit vs non refundable fee ($40/booking). If I go with the non refundable fee would I use a liability account?
Troy Durrette
Seller does not know if he has a mortgage on property.
Seller has a property he is trying to sell and does not know IF there is a morgage on the property. His son owns it but unable to talk. Dad has power of attorney to do EVERYTHING on the sons behalf, but not sure of AN...
Jon Smorol
Kentucky- Transfer property into LLC
How do I go about doing this in the state of KY? My CPA suggested it so that it would be easier to split tax implications between my partner and I on a home were are flipping. Obviously my first go at this, online t...
Jean-Marie Poth
Which is better? Pay or charge less rent?
I am wondering which is a better option. Is it better to pay a tenant to take care of certain things around a duplex or should I charge the tenant less rent? I am wondering from a tax advantage point of view. If I c...
Account Closed
I just wrote my own rental contract, and here's what's in it
The purpose of this post is to share some of the contents of my contract with everyone else. Over the years, I have come to realize that standard rental contracts REALLY suck. I've used two of the most popular contra...