Renting & Real Estate - December 2007

Homeowner or the lender.

2007-12-20 22:50:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

when you give a 60 day notice and it is the winter months can they still charge me rent even if i am not living there until they find someone to rent the apt

2007-12-20 17:59:41 · 7 answers · asked by Crystal D 1

2007-12-20 16:51:40 · 4 answers · asked by Baby 1

i filed chapt 7 due to 2 homes... my lawyer added water utility company since it gets billed every 6mo. at a time, and wasnt sure how much it'd be. i found out the bill is due soon. i just had my court hearing a day ago and waiting my results in 2mo. do you think i should pay water bill for maybe another service in a future (doubt i need again), or should i not need to anyways... thanx

2007-12-20 16:35:49 · 2 answers · asked by h 2

I have a renter's record of about 3 years now. I was in college for 4.5 years and am moving to a bigger city. I have 3 interviews in a city. 1 job is for sure mine if I tell them yes within the next few days, the other one I am still waiting on word as I have to go through a series of 3 interviews. Basically, I am locked down to have a job no matter what happens with this one job.

I have noticed some apartments being very strict about who they accept such as. "you need to have a stable job, working there for 1 year" and "You need to be currently making an income of 2x the rent" I need a place so I can start my jobs, but how can I start my jobs if they have such strict rules? Are all apartments like this? What are some strange rules you've heard of before to get accepted?
When I was living in my old apartments they were pretty lenient as it was a college town. Some apartments don't want you to have more than 2 kids and want proof of your pet's medical records...

2007-12-20 16:25:06 · 8 answers · asked by pizzagirl 3

He'll be working in my house while I'm at work, so he'll get a key to my house. The house I live in with my kids! I know people do it all the time, but I've heard so many horror stories about handymen. I just don't know what I should look for or ask about to screen the one I decide to hire. What do you look for??

Thanks for your help!

2007-12-20 16:18:50 · 6 answers · asked by TwinzNTeenzMom 1

I want to buy homes that are being foreclosed due to back taxes being owed .

2007-12-20 14:52:39 · 2 answers · asked by supergirl32 1

2007-12-20 14:22:09 · 5 answers · asked by Joe J 1

The home is in La Palma, orange county,california and the bank owning is not big. The home is listed at 589 k, comparable homes listed in the neihborhood are listed at 650k to 675k and there is another which is a short sale ( not bank owned) listed at 575k. My realtor suggested that 550k will be a fantastic deal but I am thinking to offer 510 - 520. I am ready to put down 80 -90 k.

2007-12-20 13:51:14 · 6 answers · asked by akshay r 1

i got water in side but he turd it off out side now i cant use it to get water to my dogs

2007-12-20 11:55:21 · 8 answers · asked by aaron a 1

can you be liable for a room if its not the one you actually signed for

2007-12-20 11:36:28 · 5 answers · asked by angel 2

I live alone and travel often. I live outside Philly, so it's fairly cold right now. When I travel, I turn down the heat to lower the bills......but does anyone know the safe temperature I need to leave my house at to avoid the pipes from freezing. Right now, I'm leaving it around 58 degrees...and my bills are still high. Guess I'm asking how low can I go without causing a major pipe problem?

2007-12-20 11:21:42 · 11 answers · asked by Matt K 4

going thru a divorce, had pfa filed against me,atty advised me to find a place.have moved back to my former residence

2007-12-20 11:10:48 · 5 answers · asked by gmaudie 1

I am a rental agent now and what does this say about me....?

2007-12-20 11:06:55 · 4 answers · asked by JUST MY THOUGHT !!! 2

Legal Services will not help with this issue. The County Bar association does not always provide a good match. So far, I've tried the Yellow Pages and the Internet. But no luck so far. They either say that they don't handle my type of case or suggest the Bar Association.

PS: I live in Northwest Indiana (near Chicago). A Chicago attorney may not be licensed in my state.

2007-12-20 11:06:17 · 1 answers · asked by creole princess2136 4

fell in love with this house in short sale. asking 299,999.

Im approved for 350,000

I crunched the PTI and I don’t want to pay more than 280,000. my realtor checked the comp’s and the house priced reasonalbly. She said if i can come up with the closing cost it would help. I was going to put down a offer of 275,000 and have closing cost included. what are the banks point of short sale and i really don’t want to pay the closing cost. any reconditions?

2007-12-20 11:03:07 · 6 answers · asked by butters 1

I was in the mortgage industry for 25 years and like a lot of other people, I bought my home on an adjustable rate. My interest rate jumped 4% in the last 6 months and my payments increased $2000.00. I got laid off in January and have used all of my savings to keep the home while I find another job, but even though I put out over 100 resumes, no one wants to hire someone from the mortgage industry. I'm in foreclosure and on January 6th, my 5 yr old son and I will be on the street unless I find a job so maybe the mortgage company will work with me and let me pay the past due a little at a time. I'm running out of time so is there anyone who knows how I can stall for more time or knows an attorney that can tell me if it's legal to raise an interest rate 4% while rates have gone up less than 1%. I'm running out of time and I don't want to be homeless so any advice is appreciated.

2007-12-20 10:59:56 · 8 answers · asked by lighthousegail 1

I have moved to my new apartment and my previous landlord is charging me for the cooking smell in the apartment and saying that they need to paint the whole apartment but it was new renovated apartment and they said that paint life is three year and we were their for 1year 6month and we are vegitarian (means no egg and no meat). According to California law do i have any right to argue with them for paint charges or regarding cooking smell charges. Can i sue them for this.

2007-12-20 10:36:47 · 9 answers · asked by jolly s 1

2007-12-20 10:32:06 · 5 answers · asked by dandv 1

She asked us to take care of her and ill dad the rest of their lives. We bought a house together to get them out of their inadequate home before we sold it, and got an all interest loan on a house, expecting to pay the balance with the $$ of her old home. We told her we had no $$ and she promised to pay for 1/2 the house if we would take care of them. She pays 1/2 mtge. for her and dad, we pay the other 1/2. She has agreed to pay a mo. payment, but it is interest only for 10 yrs. She refuses to put any more $$ into the house after promising this to us for nearly a year and says she never agreed to do it. However, she did sign a contract at closing agreeing to be 1/2 owner. Now we will both be paying interest for 10 years, then a mtge of $2500/mo afterwards if we cannot put any $$ into the principal. We have rt. to svvrshp, but we cannot to pay the whole amt/mo. if one of them dies. We just found out she gave that house $$ to her girls. We can't sue. How can we keep the house?

2007-12-20 10:24:16 · 13 answers · asked by BT51 2

A realtor is asking the co-owners of my condominium association to amend and/or waive certain provisions in rules so as to allow a new buyer with FHA financing to become a co-owner and member of our association. We will have a meeting about this shortly but I am curious what would be the additional risk we are being asked to take on to allow in a buyer with FHA financing via an amendment or waiver to our rules? My sense is that they could be marginal buyers credit-wise without the FHA financing and guarantee.

If they default on their mortgage payments, how quick will the FHA be to step in their shoes and make payment for them? Won't that become a troubled loan / workout situation such that residual services like property insurance & maintenance fees may become compromised by non-payment from this new member, not able to pay their mortgage?

If your condo rules prohibited FHA backed owners, would you waive that rule to allow them to purchase your co-owned property?

2007-12-20 10:20:56 · 5 answers · asked by John S. 5

I've been apartment hunting and everything is HIGH!!! We want a one bedroom, my husband and I. A one bedroom runs about $900 - $1000. Right now we have a 1 bedroom plus office, kitchen, 1 bathroom, no living room for $650, but only because my aunt owns the apartment building! but its in a bad neighborhood. and we want to move so we can start trying for a baby. we want the baby to grow up in a nice area. WHY IS RENT SO HIGH!?!?!?!?!?!?! this is really discouraging :(

2007-12-20 10:00:31 · 9 answers · asked by ? 4

The property was sold 3 month after I moved in. The documents state that all the terms of the original lease will stay the same. I made a $500 security deposit $300 of which is refundable on exit if it is rent-able condition. My new landlord is now attempting to charged a security deposit if I renew my lease for $500 security deposit $200 of which is refundable on exit if it is rent-able condition. The landlord makes no mention of a credit of the original amount. What’s going on here? Should I pay it and try to collect the money via small claims court for the $300-year-1 and $200-year-2 at the conclusion of the 2nd year? I don't want to have to move because of a dispute.

2007-12-20 09:56:54 · 7 answers · asked by random_boso 1

If the bank is trying to foreclose on a home and the owner has never been served, can the bank foreclose anyway. Also, if the person is not even home.... lets say in the hospital, can they just go in and throw out the persons furniture and all... all there stuff ? Serious answers please

2007-12-20 09:50:22 · 4 answers · asked by irish_whiskeyhumper 1

lead to or justify the cancelation of a signed contract ??

2007-12-20 09:23:32 · 8 answers · asked by burlingtony 2

Is it a place where you just hold money? can someone help me out with this? I am starting a virtual market and I am coming up on the transaction part. I don't want to completely help them with the transaction there is too much liability and work to be done. What is an escrow account? Do I just hold money there for a fee? Or do I have to do something else?

2007-12-20 09:21:30 · 6 answers · asked by bboyballer112 2

If so, wouldn't this be a better time to purchase a house? Although I was told that prices may drop even more so give it some time...

Also, do real estate agents get some kind of discount in the state of TX if one was to purchase his/her own home?

2007-12-20 09:20:48 · 9 answers · asked by Princess 3

Aren't builders just trying to squeeze a little more out of buyers?

2007-12-20 09:15:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

a few days ago it started raining, and a leak turned up
in two sections of my room. when i came home that night i immediately noticed one of them was dropping water on my turntables and mixer. the mixer and (1) turntable are wet (the other table had to be wiped, no significant damage) and i contacted the management company the day after the damage. the lady i talked to responded, "the roof is leaking again?".

they had a roofing guy measure the areas on the ceiling today, but when i called the management company about my property they said they were not responsible for the equipment because it was water damage(?). before we rented they never told us there were previous leaking problems in that room.

i called them again about reimbursement but the management company said theyre gonna contact the manager of the property to see what's gonna happen. i feel like theyre giving me the run-a-round, but i need my equipment to play at a party this friday.

[i live in Los Angeles, CA]

2007-12-20 09:10:50 · 4 answers · asked by Stephanie . 1

Hi !
My sibling lives in Santa Barbara California and wants to buy a house. But the rates there are much higher than here in Texas. Is it still a good idea to buy in California?

2007-12-20 08:55:04 · 8 answers · asked by Bond M 1