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23 January 2025 | 8 replies
The key for any tenant, S8 or not, is screening, imo.
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21 January 2025 | 1 reply
Homeowners, your tenants ARE RESPONSIBLE IF THEY VIOLATE SANITATION RULES, phone 311 to report them.Dont let nwo mafffia dictate otherwise.
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11 February 2025 | 69 replies
Something like this you and I need to hop on a phone call because I’ll get a little too granular with streets
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12 January 2025 | 11 replies
Use the top three or four discriminators so applicants can screen themselves.Then you need to have clear screening criteria yourself.
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11 February 2025 | 13 replies
Since you are on the Austin forum and stated you are from Texas, I would be happy to get on a phone call or have coffee with you to help you focus on the task ahead.However, let me remind you, I am neither a real estate agent, or lender.
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18 January 2025 | 15 replies
There are several options for skip tracing to find phone numbers and email addresses.
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10 February 2025 | 16 replies
And I have tenants that make multiple small payments every month because after they’ve moved in they’ve had their finances screwed up from what they were when I screened them.
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30 January 2025 | 5 replies
So we gave our tenant his phone number, and he arranged a day for it to get fixed.
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21 January 2025 | 15 replies
It's possible to find great tenants with thorough screening, but also be mindful if you're considering short-term (e.g., AirBnB) as it will expose your property to bad actors.Law enforcement and the legal system seem to operate quite slowly out there.
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28 January 2025 | 9 replies
Sometimes it's device dependent (either browser or phone problems).