Real Estate

I have got a letter from a Realty company about my rent will be goes up . It is too much for me so I don’t want it. I don’t know how to negotiate with the landlord. I should write a letter or call him?

I doubt you can. Call the realty, but what is normally done when you disagree is that you give them your 30 day notice and move out.

I live in North Queensland and it’s coming up to the wet season so it feels like it’s always raining. I have two year old Border Collies that are unfortunately pure outside dogs (Renting, realestate says no animals inside).
They don’t have a lot of shelter to get out of the constant rain and wind so I’ve been considering buying them waterproof dog coats to wear when it’s constantly pissing down.

Just wondering if people recommend it or does it just seem silly?
They have a kennel outside but it’s become more of a back yard decoration.
And yes, I did have blankets and stuff in their for them but they’d rather pull the blankets out and lay on them outside of the kennel haha. They seem to choose their favourite spot to sleep and then that’s it and their favourite spot is down by the water tank that overflows when it rains heaps. I was mainly considering the raincoat thing for them as it keeps them somewhat dry instead of being constantly wet.
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If you read the whole thing you would know that my dogs do have shelter, they choose not to use it. They are energetic dogs, I can not force them into their kennel and lock them up every time it’s windy and raining just so they don’t get wet.
They have food, water, shelter and love and they are in no way abused or neglected. You’re an idiot.

If you cannot and will not provide adequate shelter for your dogs then rehome them. Getting them coats and leaving them in the wet will only get them killed, and you possibly arrested. I don’t know what your animal cruelty laws are there, but in most first world nations the conditions your dogs are in (unable to reliably escape the elements due to inadequate shelter) is a criminal offense punishable by fines and jail time.

Build your dogs a proper, secure, sturdy shelter from the wind and rain or rehome them. THOSE are your only two responsible choices here.

There is nothing wrong with outdoor dogs provided you can keep them safe. If you have to worry about getting them rain coats because, as you say, they can’t get out of the rain and wind, then you need to provide them with shelter or rehome them to somebody who can properly care for them. A waterproof coat will not solve this problem.

If your dogs keep pulling the blankets out of their shelter then line it with straw. Much more difficult to drag that stuff around.

Okay, Im 19 yrs old, 7weeks pregnant and I work as a receptionist at a realestate.

My boss is very strick and manipulative, she is always in the office in her backroom private office, everyday 9am -5pm expect mondays ( they are her days off ) She and her husband privately own the particular realestate I work for.

She is very controlling, more so than any other boss I have ever worked for. She has a T.V her private office that she shares with her husband and a camera out in the front of the realestate where I and the sales consultants work. And she has is on all the time listening into our conversations, even when she says that she only puts in on incase someone comes it. She will listen in on private conversations in the office and then ask personal questions to myself and other people in the office, regarding the conversations she was just listening in on. She also goes onto all the computers and looks up browsing history, any files we have on the computers and through our work emails. BUT she also has a program that allows her to access whatever passwords we type to get onto our private emails and facebook ect, ( which she has expressed she doesnt mind if we use them ) and she will go into our private emails and facebook and follow conversations on the chat. She also goes onto the main printer and does a history print up of EVERYTHING that anybody prints off. Which i find is a bit extreme. She will even go through our rubbish bins! She constantly asks everyone for information on other employees which I don’t appreciate in the slightest. She is also very tight with money for anything from adverts to go into the newspaper to updating realestate programs online.

She and her husband also smoke in their office, so I have been limiting myself from going in there to often, because she keep all the doors shut and they are very heavy smokers, but I still have to go in there at least 5 times a day.

She is a very VERY smart woman and is very controlling, so I know that when I tell her I’m pregnant she won’t fire me on the spot, but she will nit pick on everything I do, that wont have bothered her in the past and I’m scared I will eventually be let go.

My partner has a full time job, but I am only on 3days a week, and I’m scared at how much we will struggle if i do get let go.

My mother who used to work as a sales consultant in the same realestate office was once asked if I was pregnant, and when she respond no, my boss said, ‘ good, because I wont have anyone who is pregnant working here’. (this was a good 6mnths ago. ) Ive only been working here since early Feb this year. My mum got so fed up with their behavour that she left last month and they still havnt paid her for a fortnight of work, annual leave or her sick pay. So I’m scared that I wont get any paid maternity leave, and also if they fire me I wont be able to claim paid maternity leave from the government, and my partner wont be able to support myself, our baby and everything on just his pay alone.

My mum says that as soon as my boss finds out, I will be on borrowed time.

Please I don’t know what to do!

Of course you know what to do. You need to find another job.

If the job is as miserable and unpleasant as you have described, it stands to reason that you would want another position any way. If you have a reason to believe your boss is going to start laying the foundation to fire you once she learns you are pregnant you have an even bigger motivation to find a new job.

I do not see it in the public records or judgement section of my credit report. I also don’t see it on our states realestate public site. I don’t even see a record of us buying it. (it was 5 years ago) Would it be in the background check? Just wondering since I am having a background check ran as a condition to getting into a rental home.

if there was a judgment issued against you it would show up on a credit report

I am 20, turning 21 in february. Right now I live with my grandmother but I need to move out and they have given me a less than a month to look for a place. I live in Sydney and the dilemma is I dont have a rent record and I’m a full time student and I get $400 fortnightly. I am looking around for a two bedroom apartment in the price range of 380 per week ( I will be splitting the bills with a friend who is moving in). I know that the fact that i get 400 fornightly will appear like I would not be able to pay but the thing is I already got $6000 saved up in my bank account. That is enough for four/ five months. My friend is also a student. Do you think they wont consider me because i get 400 fornightly? or would the fact that i got $6000 saved up help?

You can only afford 67 a week, not more then you actually earn. If you and friend both get 400 a fortnight you can manage twice that.

No one will rent to you when you do not even have enough coming in to pay rent. Since you also have other bills you should not spend more then 35% of your income on rent. You still have to eat, shower, have lights,. etc.

Assuming that a contract was just signed to list a home with an initial asking price of less than $150,000, what is the probability that the home will take cooper realty more than 90 days to sell?

100%

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@bob the wizard, Obama’s grandparents were not at all rich, you’re misinformed. Obama grew up humbly but loved. calling him mulatto says more about you than it does about him.

Sure, Romney and his 6 million$ worth of homes…he can relate to those who lost their $150k homes last year…

I would like to put my home for sale available to the residents of california who are looking to move to arizona. Is it legal to have a realestate agent from california sell my home in arizona?
Great thanks all.

Only if the agent you pick is licensed to sell real estate in both California and Arizona.
Usually a real estate agent is licensed to sell in one state only.
You would do best to list with an Arizona realtor, and ask them to advertise in California too.

My fiance, myself and our 11 month old son have been looking for a rental property for 1/1-2years now ever since we moved out of the previous property, we are now residating with my fiance parents where our son shares a bedroom with my fiance and i,

my fiance has bad rental history due to the previous address which i wasnt on the lease, our house mates were on the lease, they ended up not paying rent and moved out we couldnt afford the renton our own so we ended up with a debt of $850.00 my fiance ended up repaying the debt on his own should that look good on his behalf??
when we moved out of the property the realestate said the house was in worst condition when we moved out then what it was before we moved in which it wasnt we had to clean the premises wen we moved in and it already had mould grown in the walls!now the realestate are telling all the other realestates that he was a bad tenant, so we get declined.

our price range is $100-$300, we earn $1,884 between us per fortnight
our grocceries cost $200-$250, baby stuff $100, petrol $150, electricity $20, storage shed $30, current rent $250 thats all per fortnight! can we afford $300per week??

we have 2 weeks to find a house will we get a chance? rental markets are off the roof due to miners and people with more money then us.

due to miners?

huh?

easier than what?

call a RE firm that handles rentals

Theres a lot of online real estate advertising websites like homepages.com, housevalues.com/justlisted.com, realestate.com, etc. They charge a large fee and make you commit for a certain number of months. I wonder if it is worth paying the charges? Do you get a considerable amount of leads? Do you get your money’s worth? Is there anything that you think is missing from their service?

I hate paying for services, so my listings are on realtor.com, but I agressively use zillow.com and trulia. com along with Homegain.com as they are FREE and the still get results. I pay Dues to NAR so why should I pay to get stuff on their website?
14 years Full Time Realtor