Renting & Real Estate - November 2007

So do you think it is obvious homes were HUGELY over priced and sold to people who could not afford them in the first place?

When will this nonsense stop?

2007-11-09 14:55:19 · 11 answers · asked by My Hubby's Be Be`♥ 3

Ok, so I'm living in a house that is owned from a private land lord.
Facts: The lease I signed was something that he made up (not a general lease, just something he wronte)

He did not specify any action to be taken if I broke the lease.

I am moving out early by approx 1 month and he wants to keep my $500 security deposit.

What are my options? Does anyone know how stern I should be with him on this? My landlord really didnt do a good job with the lease, I wasn't required to sign or initial each page, and I signed the last page which doesn't have any of the regular lease stuff on it...just a signature page. Personally I think that the whole thing can be thrown in the trash because there is no proof that any of it was actually the one that he gave me at the time of move in, but I wanted to get some more professional opinions from people out there...then try to reason with my landlord before taking him to court.

2007-11-09 14:51:40 · 3 answers · asked by Joseph R 1

We are renting a home through a rental management company. On October 1st, after just signing another year lease, they inform us that the owners of the house want thier house back. The rental company gave us 60 days to move out. We have bought a mobile home and are still waiting for it to be moved, but now the owner wants possesion of the house by Nov. 15. Fifteen days early!
They want us to pay pro-rated rent and we still have to try to get our deposit back. I don't understand, how is it a rental company can take your deposit and charge you penalty rent if you break your lease with them, but we have to follow our rental agreement just to get our deposit back. Shouldn't we get it back regardless? They broke the contract with us.

2007-11-09 12:51:34 · 6 answers · asked by nana12872 1

hello all

i am a new landlord. i just bought an apartment. i will be moving into it myself in a couple of years but i will be renting it out in the meantime. it is currently in livable condition.

however, i am thinking of completely updating and renovating the kitchen and bath before i rent it out to a tenant. a friend of mine disagrees with what i want to do and thinks that since the tenant would probably do some damage to the brand new kitchen and bath, i should leave the kitchen and bath as is for the tenant and completely renovate it when i move into it.

my reasoning is i want to take care of all the renovations now before the tenant moves in , so that i don't have to worry about doing any more renovations when i move in. i figure, besides, IF the tenant DOES do some damage to the apartment, i can always hold back some of the security deposit to cover the expense of repairing the damage.

who is right? me or my friend.

thank you

2007-11-09 12:50:17 · 9 answers · asked by tom 1

listed at 179,900

2007-11-09 12:34:40 · 3 answers · asked by Michele b 2

This is my first time renting an apartment and i wanted to get some information. I am currently on a 1099 basis with my employer and do not have any pay stubs or W2 to provide to managment. Do most apartments accept this document as proof of income? I have been employed with the company for the past 7 years.

2007-11-09 12:24:11 · 2 answers · asked by STYLe 1

2007-11-09 12:09:23 · 5 answers · asked by Michele b 2

I am looking for a home near my collage and there is an apartment and condo for the same price but which should I get if I live alone, no pets, and am moving to Austrilla after 2 years of collage

2007-11-09 10:56:29 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-11-09 10:56:23 · 1 answers · asked by jessiedatur 1

I bought my home two years ago, when the market was hot. I was in a two year fixed loan. However, the market fell and now the value of my home is upside down and I can't refinance. It went up over 1000 in one full swoop and there is just no way I can afford it now. Is there anyone who can relate?
By the way, I live in California.

2007-11-09 10:47:10 · 11 answers · asked by luv2help 5

We signed our contract and the buyers had 10 days to change their minds without losing ernest money. We already have our title commitment and appraisals and surveys done. They called today to say they want to back out. What can we legal do? We live in Texas.

2007-11-09 09:48:00 · 5 answers · asked by cassi_hall 2

the prices are plummeting and i'm better of in the uk financially now, should i go for bankruptsy here, would that affect me in the uk?

2007-11-09 09:17:00 · 3 answers · asked by Martin D 1

my family has run a successful Mobile Home dealership for numerous years, as of late it seems they are qualifying less and less. They want these folks to have perfect credit! I dont know of anyone with perfect credit wanting a mobile home. Does anyone have any other source i could research to get people with less than perfect credit a loan for a mobile home?

2007-11-09 09:05:06 · 3 answers · asked by Byron T 1

see that's the bit I have a hard time understanding. How long do they expect to get a cut of something they made and sold. I mean if I buy a house for $90 000 and sell it for $190 000 I'm sure as hell not going to cut the guy who built the house in on the profit I made. And if the person I sold the house to turns around and sells it next week for $3 000 000 well then it sucks to be me but I'm not owed any of that money either. If anything this will simply make producers work with writers who will sell their work to them outright.

2007-11-09 07:51:47 · 5 answers · asked by Joel H 1

My son (23) and his girlfriend (21) bought a timeshare together back in August 2007 while they were on vacation. They were talked into buying it, you know all the sweet promises. It has something to do with points.
Well, they are broke up now - still friends...but they want to get out from under the timeshare.
How do they sell it? Where can they sell it? Can someone sell it for them?
I need names, addresses, websites, etc...
We live in Waco, Texas.

2007-11-09 07:41:28 · 7 answers · asked by Barb 2

2007-11-09 07:36:07 · 6 answers · asked by quetzalita 1

How would I go about finding out who the owner of a house is that is being rented through a property management company?

Also, is it illegal for an apartment complex to tell you that you can not have tires on your patio?

2007-11-09 07:12:32 · 7 answers · asked by TwinMommy 5

I'm looking for info on the value of townhomes in Long Beach, CA, and can't find the link to a property value website without having to sign up or pay, or be bothered by r.e. agents.

If anyone can point me to the correct site, or give me a direct answer, I'd appreciate it.

http://www.powertochange.com

2007-11-09 07:09:23 · 1 answers · asked by JbAchoo 6

e.g lien etc

2007-11-09 06:37:51 · 5 answers · asked by desiboyv 1

2007-11-09 05:43:53 · 1 answers · asked by mnonnieb80 1

A. The principal, the interest, the tax, and the insurance
B. the principal, the rate, the time, and the interest
C. The title, the closing costs, the closing statement,and the deed
D. The ARM, the PMI, the VA, and tthe FHA

2007-11-09 05:40:40 · 4 answers · asked by 36150 1

Landlord raised laundry from $2.50 per load to $4.00 per load without any advanced notice? Is she able to do this without posting a notice of this first?

2007-11-09 05:29:12 · 23 answers · asked by Steven S 1

Or will we go right back to our old habits once the market recovers?

2007-11-09 04:28:43 · 9 answers · asked by trer 3

House has been on the market since Aug in the Chicagoland area. We have dropped the price and have been matching comps. We havent even gotten a low-ball offer. Painting could have been better which we are working on. Any ideas?

2007-11-09 04:13:02 · 13 answers · asked by robnpg 2

2007-11-09 04:02:37 · 7 answers · asked by joshuascottalexandercurtis 1

2007-11-09 02:52:47 · 2 answers · asked by mcbledsoe7 1

My furnance and hot water heater broke this month and I called maintenance to come check it out in the middle of the night and the mantainer just told me to turn off my gas and I was cold throughout the 38 degree night. The next day they replaced the thermocouple and I came back to a gas smelling apartment. I called maintenance back out and they said they didn't smell anything (I opened the windows to get the gas out, duh!) and then he tested for the leak by holding a lighter to all the gas lines! So I called the gas company out the next day and they found that my apartment's maintenance men hadn't tightened down all the joints when they put in the thermocouple and there was a leak. On top of that the gas company said that the leak probably caused my severe abdominal pain for those 2 days. Should my apartment offer me a discount off the rent for these mistake?

2007-11-09 01:14:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-08 23:05:50 · 4 answers · asked by bouschard@sbcglobal.net 1

Hi, I'm planning to buy a property in west London. I,m not sure I can afford a brand new house. Any way currently I'm in a dilemma of choosing the house for living and selling after 5 or 6 yrs time. I was adviced by few people to buy brick houses between 1930 - 1960's. Then again some of my friends said not to buy 1960s - 1980s. Can you please tell me what kind of houses are better to buy new or old houses.I think its better to buy 1990s which is very hard to find in the market. Please let me know your advices ASAP.

2007-11-08 22:08:48 · 4 answers · asked by Sham 2

They took possession of OUR fully paid off home while my husband was mentally impaired for a period of time and we were separated. We are now remarried and NEED a three bedroom home with two teens of different genders. We can afford the $1100 mortgage on our own, but being able to sell this house would ease out burden enormously. *we are living in this house and we get it in the will*. WHY won't they let us sell it? We ARE moving, as we have been approved for the loan, so do we just leave them with this empty house?
I am angry, but I also think they seem to think we have a wonderful life with four people in a 700 SF home with me us sleeping on the sofa so the kids can have bedrooms.
How clean do we leave the house we are leaving/they own? Do we clean carpets, etc or just move and leave it as if we were renters? We are going to need all the extra cash for the mortgage payment.

2007-11-08 19:19:13 · 3 answers · asked by STEPHANIE 3