Today I got a question from one of my clients who had a property in which the client in which her renter moved out of her property without paying the rent. In addition, her tenant left a whole bunch of stuff in the house. The question she had for me was what she [...]
Continue reading...20. May 2010
I recently went to the clinic for some treatment. When I got to the front desk, I couldn’t believe how rude the girls were behind the desk. They acted as if I didn’t even exist. When they were finally finished talking, one of them came over and asked me what I wanted. [...]
Continue reading...14. February 2010
If you are reading this, you probably already know that Section 8 is a government sponsored rental assistance program for low income individuals. Everybody seems to be talking about how the great the section 8 program is. It’s great for the person who getting the benefit because they get at least part of their rent [...]
Continue reading...14. January 2010
I had another great question come up from a friend of mine. "I use 40% of Gross Income as my Total Expenses (taxes,insurance,repairs,vacancy,etc) not including mortgage and in my case, management fees since i manage the properties myself. Am I on the lower or higher end of it? How do you guestimate your total expenses? [...]
Continue reading...4. November 2009
Question: “This gentelmen has sent me a couple of e-mails. I am sending it to you to get your opinion. It just gives me a funny feeling. This is about the house we will have to rent here soon. My wife posted the house for rent on craigs list.” Here is the email he got [...]
Continue reading...24. December 2008
This morning my office got the dreaded call that you never want to get that there is a fire at one of our rental properties, and they have just called the fire department. Preliminary indications were that no one was hurt. That’s good. This particular property, which is a duplex, is one that our office managed for [...]
Continue reading...12. December 2008
Special Judge Glenn Jones is best known to me for the tight ship he runs during the Forcible Entry and Detainer (FED) docket (eviction court) at the Oklahoma County Court house. Of the judges who preside over the FED docket, Judge Jones is certainly high on my list as a judge who treats both sides with [...]
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21. May 2010
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