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Jon K. Accepting Roommate/Tenant with only partial rent to move in?
21 December 2013 | 21 replies
But if somebody comes to visit or for too long my house it begins to irritate me.
Luke W. Tenant is claiming "Mold issues" Doesn't want to pay rent.
1 April 2020 | 16 replies
Let the tenants dig their own grave by talking and talking, irritating the judge, talking over the judge and getting threatened with contempt of court.
Susan Grinde What questions are good to ask a potential lead when they call?
4 July 2018 | 11 replies
Utilities costs (Gas, Electric, Water) for the past 6 monthsThis part of your motivated seller questionnaire gives you the information with which you'll be able to decide whether the property needs a short sale, whether seller financing is an option, and how to structure a deal or an offer that can work for both you and the homeowner.You'll also need this information to properly market the house to your investment property buyers.If you're a new real estate investor, I hope you arm yourself with the information on this page to work out win-win-win solutions for your sellers, your buyers and yourself.Motivated Seller Questionnaire Red FlagsThe power of the motivated seller questionnaire is that it helps guide your interview process, and gives you a framework to make the screening as conversational as possible (In other words, it's a script, without the mechanical sounding words and phrases).It helps you in the 4 following ways: Avoid Outright deception by prospective property sellers Properly screen your inbound leads for seller motivation Helps screen out irritable, irrational, potentially psychotic people you should never, ever deal with Helps you build rapport with target ideal candidates Supplies information to help structure your dealsAvoiding Outright Deception I've had a property owner tell me "..All the house needs is less than $5,000 dollars in repairs, and it's ready..." on a house that clearly needed so much work ($35,000 to $40,000 dollars) that no buyer or agent had ever called him back.Better Motivated seller screening Being a successful real estate wholesaler is a matter of alignment.
Joel Matthews What do I install first?
22 December 2022 | 8 replies
I prefer flooring down first, that way you don't get those irritating height differences.
Magnus Heng RSO LA Area Seek Rent increase Advice
18 December 2022 | 4 replies
You are allowed to buy the tenant out either ‘cash 4 keys’ or pay them the city relocation fee which is pretty high and can be found here:  https://housing.lacity.org/wp-...Whatever you do, don’t irritate the tenant because under the LA rules, you still cannot evict a tenant for non-payment of rent.You don’t want a situation where a tenant decides they no longer want to pay rent.Unfortunately, LA is a different beast and rent control in this area follows different guidelines. 
Colton Cook What is your dream contractor like?
19 October 2016 | 43 replies
I will tell you the things that irritate me:1.
Rebecca Shine Inherited Tenant Contacting Me Too Much
19 November 2016 | 4 replies
Today he texted me about how I'm already receiving mail and quite frankly it's getting irritating
Jacob Casarez Burn-out landlords
13 December 2016 | 6 replies
I personally don't like direct mail as it irritates the sh!
Kate Moreland Lending for 4-plex plus SFR with two types of zoning
20 June 2017 | 3 replies
We have a good one but I get nervous that he'll be irritated with the random questions I send him whenever I see an interesting deal.
Amrit Babu Oh Pantry my Pantry~~
3 December 2022 | 6 replies
Little irritated this happened but trying to be positive.