Skip to content
×
Try PRO Free Today!
BiggerPockets Pro offers you a comprehensive suite of tools and resources
Market and Deal Finder Tools
Deal Analysis Calculators
Property Management Software
Exclusive discounts to Home Depot, RentRedi, and more
$0
7 days free
$828/yr or $69/mo when billed monthly.
$390/yr or $32.5/mo when billed annually.
7 days free. Cancel anytime.
Already a Pro Member? Sign in here
Pick markets, find deals, analyze and manage properties. Try BiggerPockets PRO.
x
Results (10,000+)
Jordan L. Dealing with entirely females with my REO purchase.
4 January 2011 | 11 replies
Looking at the response I'm getting, it failed sorry for any offense. 2 years ago, more women matriculated into my field of work for the first time ever.
Joshua Hill horror stories
19 March 2007 | 5 replies
We thoroughly screen all tenants including doing a criminal background check.
N/A N/A Nouveau Riche
4 May 2007 | 8 replies
No offense but that's Boldly Skillful.
N/A N/A How NOT to do business in Real Estate . . .
4 July 2007 | 20 replies
We always welcome out of town visitors, but after a couple of nights, they'll be ready to leave.Also I wonder about not just the legal/code problems with doing that, but what my insurance broker would say if I told him I was renting (1) separate rooms to (2) unrelated parties of (3) either sex and I'm not (4) running criminal background/sex offender checks on them or their overnight guests.I'm thinking my policy might forbid that.all cash
Danny Duran Securing your multi-family buildings: property & tenant safety
3 August 2014 | 2 replies
You can look at seriousness of the crime being violent versus non-violent offenses.
David Roberts Title Problem Discovered During HELOC Application
3 December 2014 | 32 replies
One way is to look at the street address of the court record and the address history of the person as shown in the credit report.When I check criminal records on tenants and contractors, I use name and known addresses; for tenants I tell them that a match of name and date of birth on a criminal record is considered a match (I am not going to go crazy trying to determine if two or more people with the same name and date of birth exist).
Ken Cooper Landloard advice needed. What would you do?
10 June 2014 | 9 replies
I'm biased (see my job info), but wouldn't decide on anything until checking credit, references and criminal history, etc.
Winston Spence Finding Seller/Owner Financed Properties???
10 June 2014 | 9 replies
My owner financed deal came through a tired landlord (slumlord) whose old school ways of screening by his gut let a criminal in who never paid a dime.
Jimmy S. Do you change locks?
2 October 2014 | 28 replies
If you fail to change the locks and your tenants suffers any sort of criminal activity, etc you will be liable!
Christopher Thomas If you had 50 letters...
25 June 2014 | 23 replies
Perhaps you called the criminal court.