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In Lake Charles, LA
single family home.
My dilemma: My tenants(not married) signed a 12-month lease in August. By November the female moved out for a job opportunity in a different state. By December they were broke...
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does anyone know if lease options are legal in Forida, or if you need to have seperate lease contract and option contract?
thanks
jim
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I'm currently renting out 2 SFR houses by the room in an area that attracts young professionals and am loving the high cash flow. Im a little disorganized, and with having a full time job I am starting to get overwh...
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My wife is a Romanian immigrant, and her brother (still in the old country) did well in Real Estate investing in Romania before the market crash in 2008. As bad as the crash was here, it was worse there. He's been t...
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Trying to figure out what my best option is here's the situation
Own a small 3 2 home in south Florida in my name for almost 20yrs because I've owned for so long my taxes are extremely low around $800 a year.
All...
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Just wondering. In what circumstances can an agent represent both the buyer and the seller, and is the agent required to disclose this information to both parties?
If I (buyer) work with an agent with whom I have NOT...
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I am screening a tenant who is more than 40 years old. She passes criminal and eviction checks, but not credit check. My minimum FICO score is 621. The service I use just tells me whether she passes or not - nothing m...
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Hello guys,My team and I just got a great potential rental under contract. This is a new situation for me, since the seller wants to back out within 24 hours of signing the PSA because they got another offer for $5k m...
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I have a situation that I could use some advice on. I just purchased a three flat in Chicago via an FHA loan so I need to move in. There is a month to month tenant in one of the units that I let know on April 28 that ...
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What do you all do legally to protect yourself from being sued by your tenants.