 House market crash victim? |
A co-worker has asked me:
She bought her house a year ago, under an 80/20 loan. First at 7.5% fixed, second at 11% arm (or so she thinks).
She is struggling to make the monthly payment, and ... |
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 Question about buying a home? |
| My husband and I have signed a contract with a realtor for a home that we want to purchase. Tonight we meet with the mortgage company to turn in all of our personal and financial info. We were pre-... |
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 Would it be really silly to offer $210,000 for a house that is trying to sell for $310,000? |
| This house has been on the market now for over 7 months. The price has been reduced. The seller doesn't want the house to get repo'd.... |
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 Why does credit affect getting an apartment? |
| Not only does credit make it hard to own your own home or car, now you can't even get an apartment. My fiance and I have shaky credit. His due to a divorce (ex-wife) and mine due to stupidity ... |
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 Flood damaged homes - should i buy one? |
| tropical storm allison flooded houston - i'm looking to purchase a home that was flooded, and immediately remediated. should i be worried? maybe i shouldjust look for another house?... |
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 House sold under misrepresentation? |
| 10/3/07: My husband and I bought a golf course-view house in Indianapolis, Indiana. We closed 5 days ago; moved-in 4 days ago; and 2 days ago found out that the golf course is scheduled to close. It ... |
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 In what order do you do things when moving house? |
I don't know yet if I want to move because I don't know if there is anything I want to buy. If there isn't, I will stay put.
DO I:
1. Put my house on the market A... |
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 Who is responsible for this damaged wood? Renter vs. Owner? |
| We rented an apartment and the railing on our back deck is made of dry rotted wood. When we moved in it looked pretty good. The wood is so dry rotted I could stick my finger through the wood. T... |
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 Is it insulting to offer $170,000 for a home listed for $189,900? |
The seller is very motivated, and the house has been on the market since August 2007. However, it has been reduced to $189,900 from $209,000.
what would be an acceptable offer?... |
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 If you have sold? |
| your house, how long did it take for you to sale?... |
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 Where is the best state to live at for a family of 4 or single? |
| (first of all I live in Va. and it suckS) I want to go 2 a place that is not a commonwealth state. and taxes is not high. and resonable of the cost of living. need some help ... |
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 What is the highest your credit score needs to be to get a mortgage loan? |
| I have been trying to get my credit straightened out for a month now and I was wondering how close I may be to actually getting a mortgage loan.... |
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 Landlord altered lease after I signed it. What can I do? |
| Yesterday my wife and I signed a 4 month extension to our rental lease on our apartment. Later that day someone taped a copy of the lease to our door that had been altered ($50 dollar increase to ... |
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 What do you consider the one factor most important to selling a house? |
| Everyone has a different idea of what sells homes and what it takes to sell a home. Assuming there are buyers out there, how do you reach them and what do you emphasize. What is the key motivator ... |
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 Which is a better deal?!? |
I'm moving and I'm so short on money...
I'm going to be the only one living here, so I don't care if I have to live in a studio! lol.
Tell me which you think would be a ... |
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 Can I refinance with a big cash out if I'm in between jobs? |
| My home is valued at 365K. I have 88K of the original loan left on the house. I'd like to refinance the balance and take a cash out in the amount of 190K on top of it. I have excellent credit ... |
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JohnD | Tenants smoke, how to get the smell out when they leave? |
I own a rental unit with tenants who, despite promising not to smoke and even signing a lease in which they agreed not to smoke inside ... smoked inside.
How do I get rid of the smell? |
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raymejr
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Unless the rental agreement stated NO SMOKING, then as the property owner, you're responsible for the resolving the smell. Now, depending on how much 'work' YOU want to do, will dictate what steps to take.
If YOU do NOT want to lift a finger, have someone clean the walls, then have them painted and have the rug(s) replaced and you'll be fine!
On the other hand, if you don't mind a 'little work', then pick up one of those portable 'steam cleaners' from say Wal-Mart or Target (I own a Shark Steam Cleaner and just LOVE IT!)....here's a reference pic:
http://images01.overstock.com/images/products/L10543199.jpg
No messy solutions, just good old 'steam'...then once the walls have been thoroughly cleaned and dried, paint the walls, then replace the rug(s).
of course, if the property itself isn't in the best of shape to begin with, then just at least clean the walls and have them painted and just have the rugs proff. cleaned and the next renter won't even know the prev. renter smoked! :-)
RME, Jr. |
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SarahJane444
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You could use lavendar oil in the vacuum bag and vacuun every inch of the unit, and then scrub the walls. Or you could hire a professional steam cleaner to get rid of the smell and send the bill on to the ex tenants ;)
If they signed an agreement not to smoke in the unit, it's their liability when it stinks of smoke. good luck! |
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Barbara
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Now that you have a "smoking unit", maybe it would be best to rent this one to smokers now. Some people are not particular and it would save you a lot of grief, money and time. |
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radar
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Get a professional service that cleans up after a fire for smoke damage.
Legally, you can make the tenants pay as they signed a non-smoking agreement.
People lie, make them pay. |
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Janet P
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The stuff seeps into the walls. You wil only temporaily remove it with sprays.
You have to repaint the interior, ceiling too. If they weren't too piggy a deep cleaning of the carpet will do, but most likely you have to preplace the carpeting too.
I would sue them for all of the damages since they signed the lease. |
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SVSBgirl
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My friend works at the Marriott and when I stayed there, the room reeked of smoke!! They put some "de-smoke" machine in the room for about 2 hours. Check this website out... it's called an Ozone Generator.
http://www.ozoneapplications.com/rental/common_rental_q&a.htm |
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Garden by M
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new carpet and paint...very hard to do. take these creeps to small claims court and charge them for the clean-up fee....they were prob not smoking cigarettes and therefore thought they were keeping the promise! |
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Sabrina Z
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Febreze and a whole lot of it |
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Tadow
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Fresh paint and carpet will take care of it along with a good scrubbing of counter tops and other surface areas |
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Samantha
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pine sol, pine sol, and more pine sol |
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