All Forum Posts by: Tony Gunter

@Dana Kelley

When you don’t know the differences in pile types and how they work, you are not comparing apples to apples when you try to compare cost per pier/pile.

Push plies for example. As soon as the pressure on the pile equals the weight to be lifted it’s done. However, push piles are friction piles. It’s going to fail with time.

I can take helical piles and run them down to the pressure reading on the drive head correlates with the effected structure weight times two. That part of the foundation will NEVER sink again. But your not going to do it for$200 a pier.

Educate yourself always.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a kick *** Eviction Attorney in Puerto Rico?

Asking for a friend thankfully...

Just one of the reasons why I got my license. I submit my own offers. By GA law the listing agent is required to present them to the seller. Problem solved.

@Kyle Mccaw

Hello Kyle. No, I've been in the SFR world. I have also relocated from Texas to Georgia during the interval. I still like the MHP model, but there's only so much time and money to go around.

@Patricia Steiner

@Russell Brazil

Question for the DC folks. You may be obligated to accept Section 8 applicants, but your not obligated to select them as your tenant, correct? Landlords still have the prerogative over who they deem to be the most qualified and best fit, barring discrimination of course, correct? Some of this can be mitigated by your advertising and showing methods ( think taking applications at the same time such as only at the open house for example).

Second, are there consequences if the property will not pass Section 8 inspections? Failing can be something as simple as a couple of cracked receptacle covers. Not hard to fail your property if you wanted to fail. Does this bring in the city for code violations etc?

Third, what if the applicant can’t afford the rent even with their voucher? The voucher holder can’t contribute more than 30% of their income. They can’t pay the difference themselves over that level. They are prohibited from doing so. Still obligated to take an application from a voucher holder? I’ve seen that circumstance before personally. The housing authority had the “market rent” lower than what the market really was in the area for a high quality property. The result was unused vouchers for the county because the slum lord homes in the area had no chance of passing the Section 8 inspections.

Unusually nothing is completely black or white.

@Kristin Kiddy

Sorry, my response was intended to be limited to only the question in the headline. “Is my agent on my side or not”? A 40K altitude question/response. That’s why I mentioned contractors, but you could add mortgage brokers, insurance broker, etc. Similar dynamics in all these relationships.

If you as an RE agent working a serious buyer/seller that you are sure has the ability to close, then sure, focus on the job at hand, striking while the iron is hot, get’r done, (insert euphemism here). The agent is motivated to get it closed. No closed deal, no payday. That doesn’t mean the buyer’s and agents interests are completely aligned, but more that they can be complementary in nature IMHO.

@Mark Miles

Rule number 1. The agent is first and foremost looking out for the agents well being. It’s their living they are trying to make after all, not yours or mine. Same goes for contractors.

That should have just influence on all your subsequent decisions. Caveat Emptor, always.

@Jared Rine

@Tim Johnson

@Jay Hinrichs

Thanks again everyone for your insight on this.

@Tim Johnson

Hey, that is darn fancy. I like it! Thanks.

Do you have the source by chance? I could not make on out on the image itself.

Thanks again.

@Jay Hinrichs

@Tim Johnson

Thanks guys. I looked at the GA state website:

https://dbf.georgia.gov/mortgage-information-and-searches

It is similar to looking for a needle in a stack of needles...  Hoping to get a knowledge short cut from the BP family. I'm just not sure about GA.