 How much money is TOO low for an offer on a house? |
| I mean is there a general rule for this? For example, is offerering $190,00 on a $220,000 home to low? The home needs some work (it's a cape and the 2 bedrooms upstairs need to be dormed, needs ... |
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 Why can't I find land to build a house on that isn't surrounded by trailers in central Alabama? |
| We built our last home in Odenville, Alabama 4 years ago. Now we want to build again, but everytime we find a piece of land (5 acres or larger), we find trailers all around it. What happened to ... |
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 What is a draft contract? |
| It will be 3 weeks next monday since we accepted an offer on our house. The couple who are buying it have yet to get a valuation report done let alone a survey organised. I rang up the estate agent ... |
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 Roomates in apartments? |
| ok, so im either moving to minnesota or North Dakota and I want to room with someone in a apartment. This sounds dumb, but someone was telling me if you look in the minnesota newspaper, people put it ... |
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 Mortgage payments whilst in uni.? |
| Me and my partner are both in uni starting september but how are we going to pay the mortgage? It is important that we go to uni in the long term but how are we going to survive the next few years? A... |
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 Problems with landlord? |
We have been living in a property for 7 months now and our shorthold tennancy has just switched to 'month by month'.
do they have to give 1 month, or two months notice? also can ... |
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 Can i still rent an apartment with my husband if i have good credit and he has bad? |
| I almost make enough money to apply for a rental on my own, but he makes twice as much as i do, but has the bad credit. do you think that the rental units will let us get a place?... |
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 Is it unethical or hypocritical for a childless couple to buy a house in a good school district? |
| In populated areas, housing prices are influenced primarily by location (of course), but the school district can make a big difference too. Properties in good school districts generally sell faster ... |
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 Can anyone help me with a question about renting a property? |
| I have lived in my flat since Aug 2006 and have paid the same rent since then. I just received a letter from my landlord to say they are putting my rent up to be more in line with the current prices ... |
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 FREE PROPERTIES... how interesting is that? |
I recently wrote a book acquiring real estate for nothing... free... i am wondering how interested serious people will actualy be upon seeing the advert 'free property'...
from ... |
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 Need help with mortgage information? |
| This is the first time buying a house. I was wondering do different lenders have different payment set ups, or do they all go by the same "rules" For instance, i got a quote on a house its 8... |
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 Someone passed away in my house......? |
| how do i tell the people that if they want to rent it in a way that wont freak them ... |
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 How often should landlord replace carpet? |
| We moved in six months ago..after a tenant who was here for 9yrs.We had to move in pretty fast because of our previous situation but the landlord had like 2 weeks in advance to get things in order.He ... |
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 I want to buy a house? |
I want to buy a house. I have about 2o grand saved up and I have no idea how to go about it. Im in the guard so I think I have a va loan but I dont have great credit either. lol
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 Why are homes in Detroit only 22,000 dollars? |
| 3 Bedroom homes go for cheap. What is wrong?... |
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CocoaBean316 | My apartment pool has been down for over 6 MONTHS, how can I make them fix it?!? |
Part of the rents I pay were to have a working pool, and this is in sunny Florida where it gets really hot. The pool has been down since last year and they keep promising it will be fixed soon, but it still hasn't. I don't think they ever intend to fix it...just wait until every winter and then just say "why do you need a pool right now?" as an excuse to avoid fixing it indefeinitely. What remedy can I use to make them fix the pool or reimburse me for the cost of getting a pool membership somewhere else? This is getting ridiculous. I call to complain, write e-mails, but they don't even bother with a response. |
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Chris L
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The other answerers have given some good suggestions on how to get their attention, but not necessarily get your pool back.
The laws vary from state to state with regard to real estate. Also each lease is completely different. To find out if you have a leg to stand on, I would review your lease and state law looking for any mention of amenities and an owner's responsibility to provide them. Most likely if it isn't SPECIFICALLY mentioned in your lease, you won't have a lot of options.
Please keep in mind I am not a lawyer and unable to give legal advice in the matter.
If you have a local tenant's council, you may want to speak with them as well.
What motivates the owner? Your rent. He/she already has you for your lease term, but he/she doesn't have you after that and turnover costs for finding a new resident can be HIGH for the owner. Also he/she doesn't have other prospective residents. If you see them out showing any units, come up to them and ask how long until the pool will be working. Repeatedly doing this WILL get their attention (maybe not in the nicest way).
Another option is to post about the problem on aptratings.com and other public commentary sites, such a livejournal communities for your area.
Oh and before you go all out, if there is a management company that hasn't been doing anything to address the issue, write directly to the property owner, you can find his/her name and address through tax assessment records often available online. |
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gchastonay@sbcglobal.net
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Start a petition if the pool is part of your rent to either lower the rent or fix the pool |
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game_expert101
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first step is to take the problems to the supervisor. if that continues to fail then you have to take the problem to a higher authority. if that is to fail then try to turn it over to the community. |
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Cat
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Check with your states requirements on tentant / landlord laws. |
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eskie lover
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If it has water in it and the filters aren't circulating, call your public health department. It will become a health hazard and will breed mosquitos. Also, check your city's codes, most like mine have them on line and you can contact them for being in code violation if your city has a code covering that issue. |
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curiositycat
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All of the tenants in the complex need to agree to go to them together and request a reduction in rent because a pool is part of the promised perks of living there. But it will take all of you doing it together and in writing. If it doesn't go anywhere after that, it's probably not worth fighting. You might want to move. |
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shine on me...
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Apartments are like that. I used to live in an apartment and they barely even bothered with leaks. Just go to the YMCA or something for the time being. They clearly don't care.
Better yet, go to a better apartment complex, even if it costs more. |
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hotmomma
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THAT SUCKS!!! I live in Florida too and don't know what I would do without our pool - we are in it everyday. I don't really have any suggestions - but if you live in Boca, let me know - you can come use ours :) |
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BILL P
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Sue 'them' in a CLASS ACTION....or do a 'class action LEIN against the property and go to the LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.....or 'e-mail' 'homes on homes'.....And do 'talk' to the local politicans...... |
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