Chris John
Turning a SFR into a duplex
I was curious to know what goes into turning a SFR into a duplex in terms of zoning, etc? Can you just put up drywall and add a kitchen? Do you need to get the city involved, etc.? Does the house have to be zoned R...
Mary Parman
How to prepare financially and fund a new house build
My husband is a builder/contractor and we plan to build a vacation home in Truckee, CA that we can separate into 3 rentable units but all as part of a single house. We currently have a primary residence and are soon ...
Tracy Tang
Battle with property management on Tenant applications
After going through lots of time of miscalculation of owner statement and other issues with the property management, I gave 30 days notice to the property management.I requested the entire files of the tenants ( the f...
Galen Dawes
NEW CONSTRUSTION DEMO AND BULDING PERMIT PROCESS WITH EXPEDITOR
I have a property that I would like to buy, demo and build a new single family home. I have an architect, expeditor and contractors. I am wanting some insight on using an expeditor for the entire demo and building p...
Gregory Moton
Is selling real estate a Conflict of Interest as a bank employee?
I work for a commercial mortgage lender full time. The mortgage company is owned by a national bank. I sell real estate part time specializing in 2-4 unit multifamily. When I was hired, I was told by management that t...
Anthony Murphy
Lender advice for out of state
I’m a newbie to this whole process have been watching podcasts and webinars to inform myself and learn as much as possible, that being looking to invest in out of state duplexes and triplexes do the lenders have to be...
Huiping S.
Which government office regulate title company?
We cancelled a contract within the dual diligence period and we should get our earnest money back based on contract. The weird thing is this title company in Tampa seems refuse to give our check back. When I called th...
David Sasson
Water bill high because of leak
Hello all,I have a tenant that was away for about 2 months, and it seems her bathroom tank kept running. I got the water bill (I pay for the water), it was almost 4 times the regular amount, and the water department t...
Account Closed
Question for MD Realtors who are also PMs
Hey,I run a successful property management business, but I've been thinking of getting my Real Estate License. My only issue is since my property management company is already established I wanted to know what to look...
Sydney Sigue
Is a electric stove in attic legal?
Hey everyone, This is my first post so I’m not sure if I posted this by accident twice. But I have a question about my rental property. I just got my first property in New Jersey and I want to turn the attic into a st...