by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 28, 2019 | Home Buying, Home Ownership
About a week prior to close of escrow the sellers received a letter from a person called “The Watcher.” The letter claimed a right of possession to the home. Following close of escrow, the buyers began receiving threatening letters from The Watcher, who advised the...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 19, 2019 | Home Ownership
In Part 1 (https://tinyurl.com/yyzlf5qf) I discussed checking that the contractor has injury, property damage, workers’ compensation and liability insurance. I also suggested purchasing builder’s risk insurance. Another option is completed operations insurance....
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 16, 2019 | Home Ownership, Renters and Renting
If your home is in an HOA and you rent, the association can ask for certain information about your tenants. It is limited to the name and contact information of all adults occupying an unit, the term of the lease, and the license plate numbers of the tenant vehicles....
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Aug 6, 2019 | Home Ownership, Renters and Renting
Part 3. The disclosure part of the lead removal rules (see part 1 and 2 for the other guidelines) requires that an EPA booklet entitled “The Lead-Safe Certified Guide to Renovate Right” be supplied. This document must be supplied before the work is done if there is an...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jul 30, 2019 | Home Buying, Home Ownership, Mortgages + Lending
Hundreds of Scottsdale residents in the Grayhawk master-planned community have been removed from the Rawhide Wash 100-year flood plain. This revision to the flood insurance rate maps means pricey flood insurance is no longer mandatory for those home owners with a...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jul 9, 2019 | Home Ownership
Most city codes require that trees when fully grown do not extend into street or utility right of ways. Although you own that land, a right of way limits your use of that area. Street right of ways are located along the street portion of a property and typically are a...