I know that when a new tenant offers to pay upfront its a red flag. However, for an existing (good) tenant anyone ever consider offering a plan where rent can be paid in advance in return for a discount?  I am in soft...

Seems like a lot of properties are estate lately in my area. I guess a lot of older investors are kicking the bucket.The families seem highly motivated. The heirs simply all want to do something else with the money an...

My rental is in Los Angeles. I have a problem tenant and need to change out/ fix things in his bathroom for about 6 hours (paint to dry). It will not affect the toilet and shower. He is requesting that I give him cred...

Is a 20% discount a good number to determine the "quick sale" value for a vacant lot?So assume the "market value" for that vacant lot is $100k, then, its "quick sale" value would be $80k.  Thanks.

Aloha all,So we're in escrow on a house that had a wild deed recorded on title years ago. The seller went to court and won a writ of possession, effectively clearing up the title in her name. However now that we're in...

We had a water heater leak that flooded one of the kids bedrooms.  Dry wall and carpet are being replaced so the 2 kids have to share a room.  Do you ever give a rent discount in this type of situation.  Right now the...

I have a property that I bought with tenants in place. They had lived there 7 years and were great tenants. I raised rent to $1050/month and they signed new 2 year lease. They are wonderful tenants, never pay late, ra...

Vegetarian DiscountI'm kind of surprised that it Was a Bothell Landlord, and not someone in Downtown Seattle, or heaven forbid, Olympia!  I wonder if his CPA told him he could write off the $2,400 as something too?  W...

ex. $100,000 principal, how much lump sum payment would be typical?

I’d like to start a new kind of real estate brokerage. It would dually represent buyers and sellers and charge a total commission of no more than 0.6%. Instead of depending on buyer agents to drive prospects from hous...