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Feb. 1, 2012
Should I buy a home with my boyfriend? Can I take over my neighbor’s mortgage?My boyfriend and I plan to buy a home as co-owners. However, my credit rating is not as good as his. He thinks that he should buy the home alone and have me added to the deed later. What do you think? Read more.
Jan. 24, 2012
How can I get out of my listing agreement? Why has my bank cancelled my home’s foreclosure?We listed our home for sale four months ago and have only had 11 showings, most of them at the beginning of our listing period. We have two more months on our listings agreement but want to terminate our relationship with our broker before that. Is there a form we can use to accomplish this? Read more.
Jan. 18, 2012
Why do I need to fill out a form to see property? Can a seller accept another offer during our negotiations?I’m a prospective tenant. I e-mailed an agent, but before I could get the agent to show me even one property, he wanted to give me a TREC form to sign and return. It was the Information About Brokerage Services form. I told him I would think about it and ended the call. Is this typically done? Read more.
Jan. 11, 2012
Can I evict my tenants?We rented our house and moved out of state but now need to move back. The tenants have been in our house for a little more than three months. They were late with the second month’s rent, and we haven’t seen the third month’s rent, even though it’s seven days past the first of the month. Do we have any recourse to ask them to leave before the lease is up? Read more.
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