All Forum Posts by: Rosaria Pipitone

@Kyle Webster awesome! How do you confirm their employment? Do you call their employer?

@Tim Herman that was extremely helpful! I used Zillow to post my apartment. Do you suggest the free Application Zillow offers or do you suggest another mode of collecting my criteria?

I’m really excited to rent the upstairs apartment to my new duplex. I just posted my rental on Zillow and have several viewings scheduled. Anyone have advise or tips on how to further screen tenants prior to the viewings? Is it appropriate to ask if the tenant has had any prior evictions before the viewing?

@Dennis M. Thank you

Thank you! 

Looking to save some money and my first duplex on my own. Any suggestions on which websites are the best to post my rental?

@Michael Garofalo thank you! I will honor their month to month for 45 days. I close on the duplex on the 15th and will honor her current rent for the following month. That will give her 45 days until her increased rent is due.

@Richard Sherman such great advice. I like the point you made about asking the tenant with recommendations. Also, you mentioned mailing the letter stating that there will be an increase in rent. That’s the first time I heard of that. Thank you! I will make sure to do that immediately.

Hi everyone!

Im inheriting what appears to be aloyal tenants for the duplex that I’m purchasing in two weeks. I plan on living in the duplex as well. According to the listing agent, Tenants had been living in the upstairs apartment for 8 years. Upstairs was recently renovated. It’s a 2/2 with brand new kitchen and bath. According to my realtor, rental goes for about 1k in that area. I’m thinking of raising the rent to $900 and asking the tenant to sign a one year lease.

Questions are:

1- Is that too much of a rent increase? My logic is that even if the tenants decide to leave, I can live upstairs and rent downstairs costing me $600 a month to live in my own house!

2- what is the best way to deliver the news to the long-term tenants? In writing? In person? By mail?

3- Any other tips with this situation?

Thank you!

@Joseph Scorese I didn’t know there was a group! Are they active?