Renting & Real Estate - August 2007

I am living in CA and hope to look into purchasing foreclosure property. I dont know to to go about doing this and am not really interested in paying for some kind of service like RealityTrac. Thanks for any help!

2007-08-03 09:14:20 · 5 answers · asked by xgiddyx 1

I found a Countrywide REO property, It has been in the listing for over 2 months and The remax told me that there is no offer yet. (they reduced $10000 so far) I would like to offer 75% of asking price. Does anyone know if they are accepting offers in the range?

2007-08-03 08:42:55 · 5 answers · asked by M G 1

Dad passed away leaving no will. His name only is on title of house. Mom is sole beneficiary.
Paper work has been approved.

How does she get her name on the title? There is still mortgage on the house, so can she even get the title transfer or does she have to do something through the mortgage company? Is it better to pay off the mortgage now for her piece-of-mind?

Please advise.

2007-08-03 08:20:18 · 3 answers · asked by Buck Boy 2

ok. So im interested in purchasing this house for a very small amount of money and in exchange pay off the owners back taxes on the property and about 8 grand worth of liens from the city. (for not taking care of the property, etc).

I understand that liens have to be payed off before the title is transfered, so can i get it payed off immediately by a creditor and pay for the liens monthly?

2007-08-03 08:15:16 · 10 answers · asked by Matt Allan 1

I realize there are lots of variables here...but Assuming a turn-key house, in an average market (neither hot nor cold), how much below the asking price do you think the average house sells for...5%...10% ?

2007-08-03 08:13:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I pay my home mortgage to American Home Mortgage and I just saw online today that they are filing for bankruptcy.

2007-08-03 08:11:33 · 12 answers · asked by pinchebarron 1

2007-08-03 06:51:23 · 10 answers · asked by Jim B 1

We live in a Missouri apartment and found a nice apartment elsewhere. We were supposed to move into the new apartment on Sep., but ended up getting moved up to the end of Aug. To give our landlord enough time we extended the move out date to Sep 2 giving our landlord 30 days notice. Problem is our lease says that we need to give a written notice by the first of the month, so our landlord is saying we have to pay for Sep. rent for being 1 day late. She isnt budging, not willing to understand our situation, and not even allowing for a pro-rate.

I did find this in the missouri state law:

(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), the landlord or the tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by a written notice given to the other party stating that the tenancy shall terminate upon a periodic rent-paying date not less than one month after the receipt of the notice.

Do we really have to pay for Sep rent or is our landlord being difficult?

2007-08-03 06:50:05 · 8 answers · asked by B S 1

I've been ill and because of it lost my job. I've been looking for something right away, but in the meantime my rent have been late. I'm single, with no family, and my credit isn't good enough for a loan.
I notified my rental manager in a letter, letting them whats going on and if I could pay in installments. I don't know if this will prevent court proceedings.

2007-08-03 06:49:02 · 12 answers · asked by NYC 2

2007-08-03 06:36:31 · 10 answers · asked by ? 7

Do I talk to my lawyer to negitiate the settlement? Do we have to sign as final. Thank you all.

2007-08-03 06:29:05 · 3 answers · asked by dou89 1

Do I talk to my lawyer to negitiate the settlement? Do we have to sign as final. Thank you all.

2007-08-03 06:02:06 · 4 answers · asked by dou89 1

I am foreclosing on a property; and I am worry about a friend I did a favor to by signing on the mortage of his house as a co-borrower. I am not on the deed though. Can my lender put a lien on my friend's house?

2007-08-03 05:55:38 · 4 answers · asked by buby 2

I was promised over and over again by a leasing agent at an apartment complex that I'd be able to move in on a certain date, on the 3rd floor. I followed up and confirmed with her about twice a day for a week, at the same time paid the application fee and hold fee. Two days before I was supposed to move in, she told me that she had no idea when the apartment was available. They refundede me the hold fee back. The gemeral manager would not give me back the application fee because it was stated as non-refundable on the application. However, I never would've applied if I wasn't lied to in the first place. There was no sympathy and she was extremely rude. Do I have any right to get the application fee back?

2007-08-03 05:52:47 · 8 answers · asked by nutcrackers1323 2

Want advice from people who have done this. I am looking into starting to flip houses. My husband is a handyman. He works in maintenance and will be taking his HVAC test shortly. So most of the work he can handle. Plus, we have a whole slew of family members that are very well inclined to do the work. Also, we will have at least $100,000 on hand to put into this. Do you think that this is a good idea? What kinds of highs and lows have you experienced in this business? Just any advice would be appreciated...

2007-08-03 05:51:50 · 14 answers · asked by mama4e 2

I ask this because every other place I've lived has only demanded 30 day notice. Obiviously, the extra $650 would be a big help in my move, but I also don't want to get hit with a law suit for violating my lease.

2007-08-03 05:44:58 · 11 answers · asked by michael w 2

I have purchased a house in Phoenix, AZ. When I had purchased it they were two families living in that. This house is a duplex I bought it like that. Each has 2 bedrooms and 1 bath the garage was converted to a room. I bought in 2005 "as it is". I had paid cash (took a home equity loan) I had tried to sell it over a year the buyers were not qualified. It was appraised for 245,000. Now I am renting it there only one meter to all and tenants are sharing the bills. The zoning for this house is a single family home, next to that there is an apartment complex, on the same street there is a big house with one acre and the owner divided it he sells the house with some land and the rest he sells the land. Am I going to be in trouble with the city because my house is a duplex? but I bought it like that. There is in laws quarters has small kitchen no stove and we are renting it- is it illegal? I am afraid to start it with a city and get myself in trouble. Any suggestions??? Some feedback?

2007-08-03 04:49:16 · 2 answers · asked by Isabella789 4

We're first time home buyers and I don't know anyone in our area that's actually purchased a home - so I have no way to get a recommendation. Should I just check realtor.com until I run across someone that's particularly helpful? Is there particular well know real estate agents such as Century 21 or Remax that generally has a good reputation?

What would you recommend for finding a decent one?

2007-08-03 04:38:14 · 159 answers · asked by DrkLashes 2

Part of a neighbor's home crosses the property line of the home we want to buy. What should we do pre or post contract?

2007-08-03 03:55:07 · 9 answers · asked by PoMoFo 1

The cost to heat and cool these monsters keeps increasing, the baby boomers are going to have to sell theirs soon because they are not going to be able to keep them up and already theres too many. I don't think that the future of real estate is very promising what does everybody else think?

2007-08-03 03:35:56 · 4 answers · asked by Dennis 2

Is it any good or worthwhile? It's in my area this week and I was thinking of attending, but I want to hear if it's garbage before I committ. Sometimes these networking and "so called" educational seminars turn out to to be live infomercials trying to get you to buy something. Just want to see if Trumps was different and really does teach people something.

2007-08-03 02:46:18 · 2 answers · asked by aleesonaroll 2

The location of this ordeal in in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

My friend noticed she had bedbugs 3 months ago and notified the landlord and the local health department. Health Department came and retrieved a sample and confirmed that indeed she was dealing with bedbugs.

Landlord told her they would come in and fog the house to get rid of them ( Anyone who spends 5 min researching Bedbugs would know foggers don't do anything!)

She lived with the bedbugs for about a month and a half and thankfully her lease was up so she decided to get out of there since the Lanlord wasn't doing anything.

The unit is a townhouse in a strip of 6. Several neighboring units also have bedbugs and have had them for awhile.

The landlord is not giving her her security deposit of 800 back claiming the costs of bedbug removal. They replaced the carpet stating it was necessary to eliminate the bugs and now states she owes an additional 300 bucks.

Can they charge her for the bedbugs?

2007-08-03 02:30:11 · 6 answers · asked by Paula 2

I would like to offer free basic cable and internet access to my tenants, but am unsure of any liability issues that may arise. If I were to contract with a local ISP, and personally route a few seperate connections to different units, would I be liable for any illegal activity that may be done on the network, as the account with the ISP will be in my personal name?

2007-08-03 02:16:54 · 4 answers · asked by natemail00 2

divorced for 6 mos. & she's already remarried but telling my boyfriend his name won't come off until she refinances the loan. He's now worried that if she remarried within 6 mos. she might also flake out on the loan. What can he do? Wouldn't the new husband want his name on the loan where they are living rather than the ex??

2007-08-03 02:07:59 · 6 answers · asked by COblonde 3

I want to buy a house in Fort bend county and i want to see what were the house inpection findings in the past. Please help.

2007-08-03 01:41:37 · 4 answers · asked by Alpha Bravo Charlie 2

2007-08-03 01:41:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-02 23:21:57 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-02 18:43:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-02 18:09:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I understand the difference in the definitions of the use of the property, but what does this mean in terms of the mortgages offered for each type of use?

Is the difference in the rate, term, max LTV? Something else?

If you have one residence in a town and want to buy another, but expect to occupy the 1st for some time while you rennovate the 2nd, will the "use" of the 2nd be considered a primary residence?

Thanks

2007-08-02 18:06:50 · 2 answers · asked by TakomaParkMD 1