Nathan Gesner
Seattle's crazy regulations keep getting worse
https://thelens.news/2021/05/0...I wasn't even aware of the "roommate" law. I can't understand why anyone would still invest there. I swear there's a secret cabal trying to eliminate mom-and-pop operators in all secto...
Andy Kessler
Delayed VRBO Payments
We have had two guests check out since 5/1 and have not been paid by VRBO for either. We have called VRBO multiple times and the response we get is it being handled by billing. They tell us they have no way to transfe...
Donovan R.
FHA Requesting 100% of BPO?
I have been working on an FHA Wells Fargo short sale. Aprox. 130k owed, BPO came in at 55k which I thought would be perfect assuming I could get it at 88% of the appraisal. I have made three offers 42,46, & 50k....
Chase Hoover
Palm Beach County TDT Collection by Airbnb?
Palm Beach County Airbnb-ers: I checked my Airbnb listings this morning and under "Automatic Tax Collection" I now see "Accommodations Tax (Palm Beach)". Before, it only showed "Sales & Use Tax (Florida)" and "S...
Bruce Lynn
BIG MISTAKE....in Tiburon-Marin County. Investor bought the HOA pool.
Can the county supervisors undo the sale? Seems like a similar thing happened in San Francisco 5-6 years ago. I followed that case closely at the time. They did undo that sale. Not sure the final outcome, but I'm ...
Connor Williams
Buying subject to
Circling back to buying a family members house.. can’t assume the property since I won’t be occupying it. So looking into subject to. I would be on title, she is completely off once it closes. Then she continues to ma...
Joe Payton
Bidding on GoHoming
Below is the correspondence with gohoming this morning. They are a BPO auction house and are posting "Minimum Bids" which once met, are somewhat less than "Reserve" which they will not disclose. So you have any experi...
Kwok Wong
Reject Prospective Tenants
Hello everyone, I am currently going through rental applications for a family. I wanted to reject them but they think it's inappropriate and trying to get my approval. Reason #1 that I want to reject, one of the appli...
Paul Crowson
Permit Issues With City of Houston
Has anyone had a permit issued lately in Houston when rehabbing an old house?Ok here is my story today... I am updating an old house and front porch. The City of Houston saw on google maps that I changed the roof line...
Elizabeth Wilson
MLGW turning on utilities FYI
Hey ya'll. Learned some important lessons today while waiting for 2 1/2 hours at the MLGW office downtown Memphis to get utilities turned on in our business name...I hope sharing this will prevent you the time waste ...