All Forum Posts by: Kim Meredith Hampton
Kim Meredith Hampton has started 10 posts and replied 2472 times.
Post: Tenant background check question

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How is employment history, previous rental history and credit?
Post: Investor Agent looking to join a Brokerage

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Fabricio,
Look on here under"find and agent" for someone that works with investors, great place to begin
Post: Quick and Cheap Sources for CoStar Reports

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Quote from @Chris Seveney:
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How much is costar nowadays for a national account ?
Hi Chris,
Was $2100 a month for three of us, got the renewal (after I threatened to leave and gave notice) down to $1750
Post: Quick and Cheap Sources for CoStar Reports

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James, there is nothing cheap about co-star!!!! They are very proprietary. I pay heavily for that and also for Crexi. I recommend signing up if you think that you will utilize their resources more and more
Post: First property, generally freaking out

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Need to kilz and paint again, and possibly another time. That much smoke is hard to deal with! Only had to do this a couple of times with heavy smokers. I actually did an ozone machine first, then removed carpet and pad, treated the floor with special enzyme cleaner. I did have to replace some of the drywall at one unit because it would have been useless to kilz and paint
Post: CMHA Section 8 Refuse to Pay Back Rent During Inspection

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Joshua,
We have dealt with section 8 on behalf of one of our hedge funds, and when the hedge fund took their sweet time making repairs, Section 8 never paid for that back rent. Sorry, it’s just the way it works
Post: Dealing with a Tenant Disconnected for Unpaid Electricity Bills and Stealing Power

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File a police report, and definitly talk and/or go and visit his case worker. It is unsafe and not habitable to live without utilities.
Post: Ex tenants from Florida condo refuse to give forwarding address, traveling overseas

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Couple of notations;
If they do not give a forwarding address, you only need to send my certified mail to their lady known address.
Secondly, you ONLY have 30 days from date of move out in which to send the certified mail making a claim on their deposit. If you miss that time window, you must, by law, send them back every penny
Tick tock, get that out there to their last known adddress right away
Post: Vacated tenants demanding access to get their own repair estimate on damaged item

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Quote from @Jessica Young:
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OMG, move on from these people. You have tried to work with them. Keep before and after photos from their move in/move out, then do before and after photos of the countertop repair, do the repair, deduct from their deposit and move on
You are correct on all your questions!
Post: Vacated tenants demanding access to get their own repair estimate on damaged item

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OMG, move on from these people. You have tried to work with them. Keep before and after photos from their move in/move out, then do before and after photos of the countertop repair, do the repair, deduct from their deposit and move on