Questions tagged [real-estate]
For questions about property that involves lands or buildings.
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Can I sue an appraiser for assigning a low value to my property?
Due to the low value assigned to my home by an appraiser, I didn't get a loan and it did cost money.
However, when I went to another bank, two new appraisers gave a higher value and I was able to ...
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Drafting a will to have a third party sell an inherited home? [closed]
The question title may be a bit misleading - it's hard to word my issue. Apologies in advance.
Background
I am 27 and my sister is 23. We stand to inherit a 1500 sq. foot home should anything happen ...
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If no prior contracts have been signed, can a landlord make tenants sign after a week of tenancy?
I am not asking for legal advice, just curious about the law. To illustrate the question I think it's best to use a specific example.
A friend of mine responded to an ad on craiglists for shared ...
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Can California landlords protect against tenants paying retainer instead of rent?
I've heard that in San Francisco, with a landlord that's not on top of his things, and a tenant who doesn't care about his credit report, it would be cheaper to withhold rent and pay a retainer ...
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Is rent acceleration legal in Texas?
Texas Association of Realtors' Sample Lease has the following:
B. If Tenant fails to timely pay all amounts due under this lease or otherwise fails to comply with this lease,
Tenant will be in ...
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Assignment and subletting of leasehold in UK
I am planning on buying a worn down property that has 4 big rooms to fix it up, and then rent out 2 out of 4 rooms - room by room. I would live with my family in the other two (at least for the ...
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Buyers have changed closing dates multiple times, costing us nearly $5000 in additional costs — what can we do?
We are in Florida, USA.
We accepted a contract for our home, with a closing date of August 18. A couple of weeks after the contract was signed, the buyers requested a new closing date of August 11 (...
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Curious case of real-estate transaction with predatory tenants
This question is looking for some ideas and some underwater rocks that haven't been though of yet.
The context:
Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia, Canada
A buyer and a seller has entered into an sale ...
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Would towels under floorboards (for sound insulation) be considered an unacceptable fire risk?
I am a live-in landlord (UK), with two lodgers. My bedroom is on the ground floor, my lodger is in the bedroom above me. I want to reduce the noise from above, and this video suggests that folded ...
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My co-borrower wants her name removed from a 5 year mortgage contract
Me and my sister in law bought a house. We asked her help to acquire the loan. She signed the mortgage loan for a 5 year contract, and we got the house. Me and my wife paid all the expenses and down ...
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Eviciting occupant of a house who has some equity in it in the US
I bought a house with an ex-colleague and I put up 85% of money and my colleague put up 15%. With an agreement that he would pay rent for the 85%.
Now he has stopped paying rent. What are my options?...
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UK: Can I give money to my brother instead of him paying income tax on a share of my rental income?
Let's say my brother acts as guarantor for my mortgage, so that I can buy a bigger house than before. He does not put his name on the house deeds, and he does not contribute to mortgage payments, I ...
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Is there a legal definition of “viewing a property” (in the UK)?
Some background: we're moving out of our apartment soon and the agency has requested to conduct a viewing for a prospective tenant when we're not at home, using the spare key in their possession. We ...
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UK - Can my (hostile) landlord's (hostile) agents enter my flat to conduct viewings without my explicit permission?
A little background
I'm a student renting (short hold) a studio apartment from a private landlord through an estate agent. The term of the contract ends in September of this year. I've had multiple ...
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Is scraping real estate data illegal in anyway?
So a relative of mine works in the real estate business and she wants me to write a Python script that scrapes property prices and lot size from a website, calculate price per sqft, and email her the ...
