I have a house, I only WANT section 8 persons to apply...

[Charlie Moore]

Let’s see WHO can help me and answer this UNIQUE question!!!!

- I have my third rental.. I want it to be SECTION 8.

How can I go about this? Is it discriminatory... to ONLY allow section 8 to apply?

[Nick Rutkowski]

@Charlie Moore

Go for it, can you take mine?

[Charlie Moore]

@Nick Rutkowski

Not sure what you are asking

[Nick Rutkowski]

@Charlie Moore not asking anything - sarcastically offering. You need section 8 tenants, I said you can have mine. 

[Aaron Hunt]

@Thomas S.

You do that and you’ll spend all your time and money posting pay or quit notices.

[Aaron Hunt]

@Charlie Moore

Wat? You want me to waste my time managing my properties located 2,400 miles away from where I live...over a 7% fee?

[Charlie Moore]

@Aaron Hunt

Well buddy, this is unreasonable.

If you are ABLE to self manage, then YOU DO.

If you are “

All over USA “ then I am sure, it is impossible to be in “ every city “ at once

[David Jack]

In Philly, we have GoSection8.com.  This is the most widely used resource for finding Section 8 tenants.  As a landlord with several Sec8 houses, I've decided to NOT go section 8 from now on.  The rents used to be above market rate, and the last two tenants  pay BELOW market (just a bit). You're not obligated to take the rent, but Between waiting for paperwork and inspections, I've already lost about 2 months on average putting a tenant in and I feel to take the house away from the tenant (who has also been waiting) wouldn't be fair.   The inspections are a pain for working tenants as well as landlords.    I think the program is okay for a part of a portfolio, but don't limit yourself because "getting paid" every month is only half of the story...

Posts about getting shot are not accurate in my experience.  Tenants are just people.

[Steve Vaughan]

Originally posted by @Judy Parker:

Don't do it.  The guaranteed rent check isn't worth it. Strong likelihood your property will get trashed. The occupants of my house were locked out Feb 5th, 2019 and I am still trying to fix all the damage, mold remediation, etc. They would break stuff, not tell me about it, and not let me in the house to perform inspections, repairs or maintenance. The unwed woman on welfare with six kids had an unauthorized occupant in the house (the baby daddy) and she knew that was grounds for eviction, as was Damage. She also wouldn't pay to fix all the things she broke. Hence, it was a battle trying to get inside the house. Check out my video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qUTWgXvCBe0

 Judy this sucks and I feel for you.  Do this long enough and we all have a tenant horror story.

I've had 6 HUD Sec8 tenants ongoing for 12 years. 30 total I'd guess. 2 have been bad, one similar to yours minus the water damage.

We need to screen HUD people like we would anybody. I ask 5 questions in my ads that all must answer to get a response from me. One is how many people? Over-occupancy is always hard on peoperty. Another is how much do you/does anyone smoke?

I got my answer when I saw the ashtray in your video.  No offense meant to smokers, and not every smoker I have ever had has been awful, but - EVERY AWFUL EXPERIENCE I HAVE HAD WITH TENANTS, THEY WERE SMOKERS.  

You had a smoker that happened to be Sec8 while they over-occupied your property. Not all Sec8 tenants are bad.  Screen like you would anybody. 

E-mail a copy of any notices and finally your deposit settlement letter/ damage invoice to their caseworker.  They lose their benefit with a balance owed. They are usually sensitive to the annual inspections to help keep our property safe as well. Part of our protections in theory. Peace!

[Angela Hill]

@Randy E. Thanks, I personally needed this type of input regarding renting to Section 8. I signed up on the gosection8 site and have received a flurry of responses, both with and without vouchers.

[Randy E.]

Originally posted by @Angela Hill:

@Randy E. Thanks, I personally needed this type of input regarding renting to Section 8. I signed up on the gosection8 site and have received a flurry of responses, both with and without vouchers.

 You're welcome!

Another tip to keep in mind is that some applicants (Sec8 and non Sec8) are flaky and will not show up for appointments to view the property, or will show up late.  For this reason, I schedule my showings on the same day and in the same time span.  

For instance, I'll schedule Wednesday 11:00-12:30.  I slot each applicant into a 15-minute spot, and hopefully have 4-to-6 applicants lined up.  I'll text them all that morning to remind and ask if they still plan to come.  Some may miss.  Some will be late.  But because I had several scheduled, the morning is not a complete waste of time.

[Angela Hill]

Great idea!! I will do that.. thanks