Tag: Renting & Real Estate
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What are the main signs of damp in a house that is up on the market apart from the smell?
Reading Time: 6 minutes A question by smudge : Me and partner have seen a house that we really like. The vendors accepted an offer but the sale collapsed because the new buyers thought the house was full of damp. What are the main signs, and how much would it roughly cost to get the…
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I am 75, what are my chances of buying a house?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Answers Provide a response using the comment section. After review we will update the answers. If you have cash, pretty good. If you want to finance, worse case would be the mortgage company wanting a higher down payment to offset their risk. Also, just because one mortgage company says no doesn’t…
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Should my landlord compensate me?
Reading Time: 3 minutes A question by Anonymous: ? I live in a multi-family house. My landlord lives right next door and decided to stain his wooden floors. This caused a powerful odor to enter my apartment. I have a toddler and obv can’t stay here. Should I Ask my landlord to pay for my…
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I am 18 years old and looking for my first apartment. Do I make enough to live comfortably?
Reading Time: 3 minutes A question by : I just turned 18 years old and I am looking for my first apartment. I make 1200 a month. The apartment that I am interested in is $823 a month. Do you think that it would be a good choice? Sine, I make $1200 a month do…
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Anyone have any knowledgeable good ideas of how I can buy a childhood house that is now owned and being rented out by someone else?
Reading Time: 4 minutes A question by : I have a good job, in the process of getting my degrees, and I save wisely…. Indeed, now that I am of age, I would really like to buy back my childhood house soon eventually. For years it has bothered me knowing someone else is living in…
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Any tips to get this house we love?
Reading Time: 4 minutes A question by gofish : We are trying to get a house it was on the market for over 5 months it was way overpriced. A new agent now took the listing and listed it 50 under the old list. We are trying to get it but they told us we…