This investment aligns with my strategy to develop high-quality rental properties in thriving neighborhoods, where both rental income and property values are steadily rising.

This investment aligns with my strategy to develop high-quality rental properties in thriving neighborhoods, where both rental income and property values are steadily rising.

The TransUnion "ResidentScore" is similar to a traditional credit score but is tailored specifically for rental screening.

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?

List all the mistakes you made, from screening to accepting late rents. 

Now to address the ESA…  have an ESA policy.  1) use petscreening.com to screen out bogus ESAs.  

As long as its renovated PROPERLY and tenants are screened all should be good. 

Our thesis is that there is a critical shortage of inexpensive but quality housing in the US.

He hasn't been impressed with lead flow & quality.  

I have gotten 90% financing for more than 1 first timer because of their credit and the quality of the project.You need to be very liquid using credit unions for the purchases of shell houses cause the rehab will be on you.