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Zillow to list housing discrimination protections

Housing Wire

The update expands Zillow’s Local Legal Protections tool, which was created in 2018 to help LGBT home searchers identify if their rights were protected by local laws in certain jurisdictions. Still, federal law does not prevent landlords from rejecting all housing vouchers.

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Real estate industry is in flux after shocking guilty verdict in commission lawsuit trial

Housing Wire

One option is that NAR and the MLSs can no longer require cooperative compensation, but listing agents and their sellers can still offer the buyer broker compensation if they so choose. It is a situation where buyers need to pay their own agents and sellers have to pay their agent separately?”

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Make Your First Investment Property an Attractive and Profitable Option

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

Are You Cut Out to Be a Landlord? Money Under 30 explains that there are many responsibilities and time obligations that go along with being a landlord. When you run a business, and owning rental property is a business , you’re almost always better off forming a legal business structure. Form a Business Structure.

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Purchasing & Developing Land - Part 5 - Reselling It - Raw or Developed

Eppraisal

We have considered the acquisition of vacant land, financing that purchase; and complying with legal standards. If the lot is zoned for commercial use, they do well to develop it as a retail space or other business, and later serving as the landlord. First of all, sellers need to know who shops for vacant land, as noted above.

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Guide on How to Buy Rental Property

Movoto

To help future landlords, we’ve included a handful of useful tips throughout this article. Once you’ve crunched the numbers, getting pre-approved will allow your agent to formally submit offers to sellers. Every area has unique requirements for landlords and housing occupants that can cause problems for those in violation.

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Buyers Face Extreme Risks When Sellers Extend Their Stay

Will Springer Realtor

In a sellers’ market where new listings are scarce, owners are requesting time – days or weeks – to find their next residence and move. Once the home is sold, roles are reversed … with a twist: Buyer becomes owner and landlord while seller turns tenant, highly protected by state and local occupancy laws. Two weeks come and go.

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Investing in Commercial Property for Sale in Columbus, Ohio? The Complete Beginner’s Guide!

The Robert Weiler Company

You can choose to act as the landlord, handling the typical day-to-day responsibilities; or you can consider hiring a commercial property manager who will administrate those aspects for you. As such, investors must verify the seller, financials, and property obligations (i.e., Skimping out of the physical inspection.

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