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Tenant screening for home hacking

Angela K.
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We (a couple) are planning to live in a 4 bed, 3bath and renting out the 3 other bedrooms.  We want advice on tenant screening, as well as if it is a smart idea to let one of the rooms be occupied by another couple.  The driveway is not large enough to accomodate 6 cars, and the common areas may not support that many people either.  

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    Matthew Kwan
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    Quote from @Mason Liu:

    If you are having parking and overall space constraints, do not allow for couples, plain and simple.

    For tenant screening, use a third party software (Rentredi, Avail, etc) to do a credit report/criminal history, eviction reports on all prospective tenants. Get references from their previous landlords. 

     Yes I agree with Mason, straight and simple. Yes Avail and Hemlane allows you do the background and credit check for the tenants. As for marketing your units, I usually just use FB Marketplace and set a specific criteria and past to  all lead inquires, before you spend too much time entertaining these leads. @Albert Bui @Carlos Valencia

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