Recent content by stephop

@Army Judge - Thank you for your thoughtful answer to my questions. I appreciate it.

@disagreeable: Though I appreciate your right to post such a blunt opinion, your comment addresses a question I did not ask and does not answer any of my questions.

Three other professionals and I are starting a new management consulting practice. Although we have varying levels of experience and different strengths, weaknesses, and subject matter expertise that compliment each other, we will be four equal partners, each with 25% ownership. All of us have...

Thanks, Gail and MightyMoose. Gail -- If I get possession of the property (either through the dispossessory hearing or abandonment), which I believe I will, can I file for wage and/or bank garnishment immediately? Or will I first have to go to small claims court to get a judgment for the unpaid...

Hello, all, We own a duplex in Cobb County, GA. One of our tenants gave us his written notice, as required in the lease, that he will be moving out on November 1st, which we accepted. Then he never paid his September rent and said he can't pay it. He said he knows he will be evicted. Since...

I am a functional and operational expert in the area of industrial engineering for logistics and distribution. I have been contacted by a software developer and entrepreneur who has heard of my expertise and my reputation. (I am in Georgia, and he is in California.) He wants to pick my brain and...

I am collecting unemployment and actively looking for a new, full-time job in my industry. I am considering starting a small, sideline business not related to my career. This would not be a "job," but a business investment. As with any such small business, the revenues I bring in will be offset...

My aging mother wants to set up a general power of attorney, naming my sister and me as her attorneys-in-fact. I have three quick questions: 1. Can my mother use one of those standard power-of-attorney forms that we can down from one of the online legal sites? 2. Can my sister and I both be...

It is my understanding that for various reasons a quitclaim deed is not the right instrument for me to use to transfer the title for this purpose. A quitclaim deed offers a lower level of protection and can present problems with title insurance because it transfers any interest I may have in...

I own several rental properties in Georgia. Based on what I've heard and read from various real estate experts, I'd like to file a new warranty deed on each property to transfer each title to a separate, single-member LLC. I would be the single member of each LLC. This will keep each of the...

At first, all we had was suspicion, based on a number of things we noticed about her after she moved in. After we did the Craigslist search, we knew for sure. But we have never heard a peep from any of the neighbors, some of whom we have met and have our number. She pays her rent (with money...

I submitted this question in anonymity, and it pertains to an anonymous tenant. My hope is to receive an answer that is actually helpful from an expert in landlord-tenant law. For clarification, the home is not a brothel, it is where she lives with her family. Can anyone offer me a helpful...

My wife and I own several rental properties in Georgia. For some time, and for various reasons, I have suspected that one of our tenants is a prostitute. Recently my wife and I were able to confirm this by searching her nickname and cell-phone number on Google and finding a series of ads that...