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How Much Discount is Enough?The spices and seasonings of the gourmet real estate investor
Find out what makes a winning real estate investment.
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OCCUPANCY OF JOINTLY OWNED HOME DOESN'T MATTERBy Robert J. Bruss
If you have joint occupancy of a house and the mortgage & title are in both names, regardless on who lives there for no matter how long the capital gains will be divided equally between the two.
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HOW MUCH RENT SHOULD A FOUR-PLEX PRODUCE?By Robert J. Bruss
If you own a Fourplex or multiple rental properties, you should be asking for 1 percent of the property's market value for total monthly rents.
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California farmer calls new water restrictions unfair By Robert J. Bruss
This article discusses a lawsuit in which a landowner sued the county, claiming they could not restrict him to annual maximum water use. The landowner lost the case in court.
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PITFALLS OF PAYING ALL CASH FOR A NEW HOUSEBy Robert J. Bruss
When buying a house with cash, it's risky to pay all cash for your home and to just pay 10 or 20 percent cash down payment to obtain a fixed-interest-rate-mortgage.
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JUST TALKING WITH REALTY AGENT DOESN'T CREATE AN AGENCYBy Robert J. Bruss
Just talking to a real estate agent doesn't require you to work with them, unless you have signed a contract with that agent.
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CAN HEIRS SELL PROPERTY "AS IS" WITHOUT TERMITE
INSPECTION?By Robert J. Bruss
If you are selling a house that was left to you but it contains a termite problem. The best way to go about this is to either have the problem taken care of or to put the house on the market while disclosing all known defects. You wouldn't want to just sell 'as is', knowing that their is a pest control problem on the property.
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CAN LANDLORD COLLECT DOUBLE RENT?By Robert J. Bruss
If a tenant leaves an apartment without giving a 30-day notice and you rent out the place within the next week, you cannot charge double rent to two tenants for the same rental period, you can deduct the ex-tenants unpaid rent for the days unpaid from the security deposit.
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CONSULT ATTORNEY ABOUT HOW TO HOLD JOINT TITLEBy Robert J. Bruss
When you are ready to add a spouse to your title the best way about doing so is to get a local real estate attorney and for you to think about how you and your spouse want to hold that title. All of the following take into effect of how you want to hold title, the state, location, joint tenancy w/ survivorship, community property and second marriages, tenants.
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Buy out real estate partner in a slow market By Robert J. Bruss
When you are trying to buy out your real estate partner, you may want to get an appraisal. But if comparable houses are selling for less than the appraised value, you will have to buy out your partner for 50% of the going market value.
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