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I have an offer on a house which was accepted and due to close next week. Today the law office emailed me to let me know that because the current seller acquired the property in a tax sale there is a "tax deed" on the...
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I've been around this business long enough to see just about every scammer out there. I've noticed that all of the scammers use certain words: Here's my list:
1. SECRET (the gurus have a secret alright. The secre...
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I watch what the other countries are doing to address the government debt and I know that is coming our way. I want to be prepared.
Callapsed stock markets,devalued currency, and higher taxes are just a few thoughts...
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So we are trying to refinance our home and found out that we had an issue with the property and after about a month of dealing with the title insurance company we finally got the following letter:
I want to share m...
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I've rented-out my single-family house in West Seattle for several years while living in California. It's been somewhat smooth but now I have a mess. I've been busy with my day-job so I haven't managed the property...
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Currently doing repairs from a tenant departure. Shocking how little regard people have for a brand new house that doesn't belong to them. Life lessons!One of the allowed deductions beyond material damage is wear tear...
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I'm a property manager in Austin, TX and taking over a home where the previous tenant caused over $5K in damages and also broke the lease, moved out early and moved to Arizona. I'm trying to provide guidance to the o...
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Do you turn off your furnaces for the summer? My tenants pay their own heat so this has no impact to my expenses but have been told turning off ther furnaces in the summer may extend the life of some components of the...
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i have a question for foreclosure experts, lawyers and just about anyone who may know. i have been watching a house in my area for about 3 years now. the start of the foreclosure is dated 4/19/13, by US bank national ...
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What i am curious on is what do you do if the finance company calls the loan due. From the reading i have done in Wendy Patton's book banks can do that but they haven't because the intrest rate is so low. I have alr...