All Forum Posts by: Daniel Jackson

I have a lease agreement with an individual(the renter) who has a friend living with him for a few weeks now. The renter made the situation aware to me because he didn't want to violate the lease agreement and for the most part has been a very honest/good tenant. However, at the time the renter wasn't sure how long his friend would be there so I decided to keep the lease strictly with him and reminded him that he would be solely responsible for the house and rent. He's been having issues with his friend not giving him the rent they discussed and his overall behaviour/temper. The police were called and I swung by to find out my options. The police officer basically informed me because the friend has been there over a week he can't do anything and that I have to give a notice of eviction for the friend with a reasonable amount of time to vacate and if that failed(it did) to file an eviction notice with the local justice of the peace which I have done. I now have to wait until the 23rd for the court date if he decides to stay. The real problem I'm having with that is the renter is moving out on the tenth(lost his job) and is having all the utilities cut off. He promised to pay rent and I am hoping to find a new tenant to get him out of the lease. I'm worried his friend will squat there until the 23rd just to be a pain in my *** and because for all I know he doesn't have another option. I'm also concerned for any damage he might do after the renter is gone. Is there anything else I can do? I feel like I'm being more than fair with the tenant because he has been honest about the situation. It seems like he moved here and made a friend and that guy was a scumbag and is now taking advantage of him. Thanks for any help and sorry if it's a long rant.

I signed up for mysmartmove. Am I correct to assume it will charge $25 per applicant it screens? Is this the same for a cosigner?

I guess it really is just as easy as getting their email? I'm just a little confused on what the application asks and if it inquires about pets and/or smoking.

I am currently working on my second income property. It is a bit of a fixer upper. I joined here to get more advice on screening and finding potential renters.

My first rental is a townhouse I lived in until I was able to upgrade into a single family. My real estate agent was a big help getting my first and current renter in there.

My long term goals will be to sell the townhouse and put that into a more profitable single family or multifamily unit. I won't be doing that until getting some reliable renters in the new place and doing some research on capital gains and loans/financing options towards an investment property.

So far I've signed up with myrental.com for screening but haven't started using it. Looking into a solid application and what is fair as far as fees and processes to finding my renter.