All Forum Posts by: Mindy Jensen

@Russell Brazil hits it right on the head. The carpet has served its purpose, and was worthless half a year ago. It stinks, because a normal person would be able to get way more than 5 years out of a carpet, but you allowed dogs to live there, and sometimes dogs pee in the house.

Chalk this up to lesson learned, and cost of doing business. Did you depreciate the carpet for the last 5 years?

I'm glad @Brandon Hall responded. I couldn't remember his name to tag him. (Sorry Brandon...)

I would try to find a competent accountant to deal with this going forward. If you gave anything to the other one, get it back ASAP. Do they have a physical office? Can you just go there and squat until they show up and get all your paperwork back?

If you have copies of everything, then I would just skip it altogether. Ask for it back, but find a new person and proceed.

I don't know if you have any recourse for work not performed, as long as you haven't given them any money. I wouldn't waste any more time trying to get this guy to perform work - he obviously isn't interested. 

Is there a professional group you can complain to, like a licensing agency or something? Does your state regulate them?

@Vincent Ames, Scott Trench wrote an awesome article for the BiggerPockets Blog about finding a mentor. This should go a long way to helping you decide what you are looking for, and figuring out how to find a mentor that will help you most.

@Daniel Bartalits, can you share a link to where you found that information? I am gathering up info and my AZ research shows landlords only have to hold abandoned items for 14 days, then you are free to do with them what you want. 

I would like my research to be correct. Perhaps what I found pertains to abandonment vs eviction.

Thanks.

Well said, @John Van Uytven. Thanks!

I would start with what John said, and if you have any of those 10 minutes left, go up to the blue bar at the top of the page, hover over Forums, and choose Recent Forum Posts. A list will appear, and you can see the most recent posts, covering a large variety of topics. Sometimes you can learn quite a bit, sometimes you have your own to share. Try to make a reasonable comment while you are on the forums, something that adds value to the conversation beyond, "I agree" or "Great Post".

Or do you have a question you want answered? That upper right corner next to your image is the site search box. Type it in there and see the different ways it has already been answered.

@Mary-Michael King-Sekulic, welcome to BiggerPockets.

Brandon Turner, who is one of the most prolific contributors here on BiggerPockets, wrote an awesome article about working with investors, called The Real Estate Agent's Ultimate Guide to Working with Investors. Absolutely worth the read. 

Have you found the podcast or the blog yet? Tons of information found there. The upper right corner, near your image, is a search box. Another excellent source of information.

Your profile says you are already an agent. Do you have the one year of full time experience working under a more experienced agent or the 90 hours of classroom time? 

Welcome to BiggerPockets, @Diamonte Zarba. 

Have you read this amazing post called The Real Estate Agent's Ultimate Guide to Working with Investors? A must-read for any agent.

Did you run the background check on both tenants? Did you make it clear that the fee was non-refundable? Does your state allow you to choose the better tenant rather than who applied first?