Seller signed.  Then we signed.  The next day on date of closing,  literally while we were moving in (our agent errounously gave us keys to get appliances delivered and installed) title company called and said that th...

My husband and I bid on a foreclosure last month and it was confirmed with no problems today.  So, I have 10 days to make the payment and it is all ours!!  This is only the second foreclosure we've bought and it isn't...

Would you keep a "Pet Fee" out of the security deposit?  In this instance I am holding 1.5 months deposit ($1,725).  Otherwise the tenants were perfectly pleasant.  So what do you think is fair in this instance? We're...

Long story short, two years ago i received a bill from Verizon stating that 4 cell phones have been opened under my name. No minutes or data were used but somehow managed to rack the bill up to $2000. They used my nam...

I'm looking at a property where I think it would make financial sense since I could somehow house hack it if the number's make sense and there would be no cash flow (or maybe there would be) and I would skip on paying...

Hello I have a somewhat odd situation and I'm hoping someone here can help me understand my rights under the circumstances. I had a friend move into my property (basically to house sit) we agreed on low rent while we ...

Kind of a long story. My husband has a foreclosure from 2010. The sheriff's sale was in April 2010 and the deed went from his name to the bank of April 28, 2010. There was a 6 month redemption period, and the county h...

Recently a large tree outside my rental duplex came crashing down and hit a utility pole. The city immediately came out to fix the utility pole as it affected several houses on the street. I paid for the tree to be cu...

I have a question about the rights a tenant has when their housing is paid for by / related to their job. For the last three years I’ve had a part time job working as an advisor to a fraternity. I was picked by the fr...

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My name is Karl Turner and I am a student from Gloucestershire in South West England. Real estate is one of the few things I am really passionate about, a result of helping my parents out with a rehab ...