All Forum Posts by: Robert Patrize

3) Proof of income showing 2.5x + rent. Most likely the are receiving financial aid or money from their parents. If it's aid, make sure part of it is for housing.

3) Double the deposit. You want a reserve in case the students destroy the place.

Some will suggest asking for a few months rent upfront. This is good if they don't pay rent, but if they pay on time and end up destroying the property, you will only have X amount (deposit) to make all the repairs.

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Originally posted by @Lee Hao:

Thank you all for the reply! But if I file insurance, deductible will be from my own pocket. That'd be a big part of the total payment. Will Insurance company help me also to pursue the deductible reimbursement?

Hi Lee,

My company is dealing with this right now and I can say it's a bit of a headache. The 2nd unit has a cracked bathtub (owner admitted over the phone) so whenever the tenant would take a shower or bath the water would drip down in my unit. Long story short: The 2nd level owner fixed the bathtub and told our owner to prove the leak actually came from upstairs...

To answer your questions: We have been advised by our attorney to get the 2nd unit insurance information and provide it to our clients (homeowner of downstairs unit) insurance company, and to pay whatever deductions. The insurance company will then go after the other owners insurance company once they find it was actually caused from the upstairs unit. You then will get full reimbursement.

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Originally posted by @Connor Dunham:

Any website "service" supports html/php/MySQL. You generally just copy/paste the code for your idx application... Squarespace has a good feature for this called markdown.

This is true, but it won't be mobile friendly. I just went through this and decided that wordpress is by far the best option giving all the additional features.

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Originally posted by @Steve Rozenberg:

"It's actually illegal to request and require the verification or validity of a rental applicant's service animal necessity. Many managers still request it however a service animal is identical to a wheel chair and law strictly prohibits the enforcement of verification. (no pet deposits are allowed either) Therapy dogs on the other hand are not service animals and thus you can request a doctors verification for the animal.

I had this exact issue 6 months ago. We served our tenant a three days notice to provide verification and she comes back four hours later with it signed. Weeks later her neighbor tell us she paid a local doctor. Luckily the dog weighs around 6lbs and won't cause any real damage.

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