Renting & Real Estate - August 2007

I recently signed a one year lease with my fiancee on an apartment that he was sharing with his grandmother temporarily. She was planning to move out in a month. Now we find out it will be AT LEAST six months if not a year before she can get into elderly housing. We are living out of boxes and most of my stuff is being stored elsewhere. I don't really have any other place to go and it is really cramped here and I don't have space for any of my belongings. We would leave and let her have the place, but we're on the lease now. What should we do?

2007-08-06 15:02:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-06 15:00:26 · 5 answers · asked by lissette 4

Is it possible to pull equity out of a paid off house to pay off a second mortgage thereby reducing a variable rate with a 15 year fixed?

2007-08-06 14:53:35 · 3 answers · asked by RB 1

I have a family of 6 in a 3 bdrm! Only bought this house to make money and buy a bigger one. I have a1st & 2nd w/ 2 banks. The 1st is ARM that we cannot afford. Bank says we owe more than it's worth and we cant refi. We did 100% financing.I talked to 2 brokers and 4 banks, they all said NO. We decided to let it foreclose. Payment not yet 30days late, but what can I expect? Will I be harassed by the bank? What are the consequences? Can they tap into my bank account? Will I have to file bankruptcy?

2007-08-06 14:50:37 · 4 answers · asked by Hollyhobby 1

my apartment is infested with bed bugs... i told the leasing office they came to spray once and have never followed up...it has been a month and i contacted them several times with no responce... i work in the entertainment industry and my body is COVERED in welts! because of this i am not able to work or make any money.. i was late on my rent this month and was charged over $600 in attorney fees for being 25 days late!!! i can't live like this anymore! i can't sleep or eat or even go out! has anyone heard of a case like this? do i even have a case? please help me figure out the next step! any sort of evidence would be great such as different laws about pests and landlord resposiblity! thanks so much! p.s. i know they are bed bugs i have taken pictures of them and researched what they look like!

2007-08-06 14:33:56 · 9 answers · asked by AlmostBritney 2

Hypothetical, you pay 100k cash for a house from a realtor. What other costs are there? Do you have to pay taxes right away, pay the realtor anything from the pocket etc?

2007-08-06 13:48:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

my parents worked running a trailer park ,when the trailer park sold the new owner had it set up where my parents where one thousand dollars a month then the owner dropped the pay down to 500 hundred dollars a month .then the new owner told the old owner that she promised my parents a thousand dollars a month free rent free lights and phone services which they only got the free rent and pay ?here is the question if my parents some how can they get back all the stuff she was spouciely gaven them there is no contract and my parents just quit ? plze inform on this please thanks

2007-08-06 13:48:07 · 6 answers · asked by jessa 2

i turn everything off but it is a gas home so the hot water heater runs. they charge a 50.00 fee for gas, a base fee of 21.00 for sewer, a 10.00 base water fee, and a 16.00 trash fee. I am only at this house maybe 1 weekend a month and my bill runs me about 250 a month, a whole lot more than my house I live in 24/7 that runs me monthly about 125 with more square footage than my vacation house which is smaller. What other sources of energy can I use so I am not ripped a new one from this eletric company??

2007-08-06 13:47:09 · 7 answers · asked by KB 1

Why do you think that homeownership is so high? Do you think most of these people will be homeowners in a few months or a few years. I do not mean to use the word "suckers" in a bad way. I just want to know if you think thse people were tricked (either tricking themselves, or tricked by slick salespeoples) in to thinking that they could afford the home that they bought.
Or do you think that this is not the case, and that most of the new homeowners are comfortably paying their bills and will be ok?

2007-08-06 13:36:03 · 5 answers · asked by brwnidjkmo 3

I signed a purchase agreement back in January before the house was even built and I have been renting since then, rent to own. But, now I decided that I do not want to purchase this house. The agreement states that my earnest money will be non refundable so does this mean that I can back out? Do I have to go through court or anything? Any advice would be helpful... thank you

2007-08-06 13:17:23 · 5 answers · asked by coleykim69 2

If my house was built in 1970 do i have to update to the building codes of today or is my house grandfathered in?

2007-08-06 13:04:58 · 4 answers · asked by much_brighter_days 2

2007-08-06 13:00:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's not in the contract and I was convinced that pumping the septic system was maintenance--which the landlord should take care of.

2007-08-06 12:57:14 · 5 answers · asked by L 3

I am hoping to rent an apartment soon and on apartments.com some don't say water in the utilities included and I was just wondering if water is always included because somebody told me that it was.

2007-08-06 12:46:19 · 4 answers · asked by chump0 1

My landlord said he would sell me his house i am renting from him for $200,000. It's about 80 years old. There are other tenants living in the downstairs part of the duplex. How long would they have to move out once i purchased the place?

2007-08-06 12:45:31 · 4 answers · asked by DustyRose 1

My apartment complex is trying to collect a full month's rent because I gave a 30 day notice instead of a 60 day notice as stated in my lease contract. I signed a 12 month lease and stayed a full 12 months. I did not break my lease. Can they do this to me? Who can I contact for legal advice or where can I look onlne to get evidence that this act is unethical? I live in the state of Texas.

2007-08-06 12:42:20 · 6 answers · asked by tdickers1 1

I want to create a group on real estate agents so we can share leads, opportunities and market information. A blog won't do it, facebook won't either, and an email alias/group there is no way to track information easily...and creating or bulding an app from scratch doesn't make much sense either. There has to be an onlin service that can help me get there....

2007-08-06 12:40:37 · 7 answers · asked by flloreda 1

Our area isn't covered by Zillow.com and our county website shows tax records............they are only useful for sales the previous year. We're thinking about selling and want to watch the price trends.

2007-08-06 12:34:08 · 5 answers · asked by Sue 2

2007-08-06 12:31:27 · 2 answers · asked by jolie 1

I've been reading about some mortgage companies filing for bankruptcy so what would happen to your house in that situation? Would you get to keep it? Do you automatically lose it? Who would get it in that instance?

2007-08-06 12:20:22 · 6 answers · asked by clytisciasha 3

We let our cousin stay with us a few months and he is leaving next month. Our landlord come by today and said we had to give hime $400. thats $100 each month he has been here. It doesn't say in the lease that rent would go up for a visitor or with a short live-in. It does say that we were suppose to tell him if anyone was going to be staying with us for longer than 15 days. But we did not know that. Can he make us pay for that?

2007-08-06 12:15:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-06 12:11:41 · 13 answers · asked by fdh 1

financed? like with no money down, i have no credit. good or bad.how would something like this work?

2007-08-06 11:12:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

well my father in law and mother in law move to a new house and they give us there old house. so i want to know the history and other stuff like that? does anyone know what website can i go to see what happen in this house? thank you

2007-08-06 11:01:35 · 11 answers · asked by Melda R 3

I saw a show on HGTV and there was this couple who was looking for a house on some place near new york, they looked at some small houses but these were about $300,000 dollars, in Texas you could get a much better and huge one for $150,000, why are they so expensive?

2007-08-06 10:59:37 · 19 answers · asked by chikis*trikis 5

I assume that I will rent a house from an estate agency, and I might let it all to somebody else...

I won't stay in the property itself.

is this legal in UK?

2007-08-06 10:58:54 · 2 answers · asked by veryconfused 1

There are about 10 houses for sale in my neighborhood and they just aren't showing. Some have been on the market for over 250 days. Realtor told us that it is a buyers market right now. I live in a booming suburb of Dallas, but I am getting frustrated. I can't come down from my asking price too much b/c I've only been in the house about 4 years and I don't want to take a hit just to move out of it. A friend works for a nationally known mortgage co and says the average house in the Dallas area is taking 10 months to sell. I can't wait that long! Any insight on the market from experts?

2007-08-06 10:57:01 · 9 answers · asked by Nicky2020 1

..as in who died in the house. kinda weird but any suggestions?

2007-08-06 10:50:58 · 4 answers · asked by bananaboo517 1

2007-08-06 10:49:51 · 2 answers · asked by sugatooga 2

2007-08-06 10:46:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous