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Benjamin Amaral Canadian Applicant with no SSN
4 November 2024 | 8 replies
If you set standards and stick with them, you'll catch shenanigans like this.The policy should be that every adult passes your screening, period.
Marjorie Patton RE Investor DTI ruining ability to get/use credit
7 November 2024 | 12 replies
If you want to try the card you originally got declined for, call them on the phone.
Ananth Subramanian Advice needed: Problematic tenant moving out!?
4 November 2024 | 13 replies
List all the mistakes you made, from screening to accepting late rents. 
Suzette Gonzalez Has anyone heard of these companies?
4 November 2024 | 4 replies
Is there a name, face, phone number, and email? 
Brandon Weis PM Companies Expanding Out of Immediate Market
3 November 2024 | 3 replies
Quote from @Brandon Weis: As a property manager, I know we do a lot more than collect rent and post notices: Move-In and Move-Out InspectionsProperty ShowingsRoutine InspectionsTenant Screening and InterviewsMaintenance and RepairsVendor ManagementHandling EmergenciesNeighborhood RelationsLease Violation ManagementCurb Appeal and Landscaping ChecksI opened in a new market (just 30 miles away) about six years ago.
Maria Apostolova-Mihaylova Changing tenant screening criteria mid-marketing
28 October 2024 | 5 replies
Use the top three or four discriminators so applicants can screen themselves.Then you need to have clear screening criteria yourself.
Mike Harvey Starting with section 8
2 November 2024 | 8 replies
Landlord’s only option to collect funds for damages is to take tenants to court.More and more tenants are only having a portion of their rent covered by S8, so landlords need to still screen S8 applicants for portion they must pay.Landlord cannot charge S8 tenants a portion of shared utilities – which can lead to the infamous tales of tenant retaliation against landlord by blasting heat on high with open windows during winter.S8 caseworker response times can be very slow, as they are usually overworked & underpaid.Again, overall it’s a pretty good deal for a landlord that does some decent screening.Exposing Section 8 Housing | Tenants From hell 243 - YouTubeLiberals Blame this Eviction on Landlord Despite the Before & After Footage | Tenants From Hell 241 - YouTubeMy first Baltimore buy & hold investment - SOLD (Lessons learned) (biggerpockets.com)Besides MANY self-labeled "gurus" exaggerating their success, many of them just supply readily available info.If you're too busy to find the info and are willing to pay for it, no problem as you accept their time vs money solution.REGARDING S8 GURU ISSUES SPECIFICALLYMost of them don't share all the facts about how Section 8 actually works.They claim you can get HIGHER rent from S8 tenants vs private-paying tenants.Why would the government allow our tax dollars to be spent this way?
Sanya Wu Real Estate Meetups in Indy?
3 November 2024 | 7 replies
Go to GET STARTED > EVENTS AND MEETUPS at the top of your screen.
Ivan Smith Eviction advice needed in Phoenix, AZ
7 November 2024 | 15 replies
Food in fridge is from April this year and it basically looks like someone was half way through moving out and then something happened and so a bunch of stuff is still in house. specifically one room filled with about 10 burner phones, 3 tvs, personal clothes, mail, kids personal items and bunch of random stuff new with tags, etc etc. he also had pets which was against lease term. one of the rooms was used as a pet room completely destroying carpet and staining walls with urine etc. 
Jay Hurst The fed just cut mortgage rates right?
7 November 2024 | 14 replies
Lol, And my phone blows up whenever it happens!