From screening to security deposits to eviction, recent laws create many ways for owners to trip and fall.And now Multnomah County has prevented landlords from evicting delinquent tenants.

They filled out the application through apartments.com (used to be Cozy.co before it was acquired) where my screening criteria is posted and the application is hosted, and their annual income listed in the application is 1.25x rent.

If they want to bring on a new roommate, you screen them like anyone else and if they qualify, great- you can talk about amending the lease at that point, but that is only a courtesty. 

It could be the lack of screening skills.

The the transition was seamless and since I know the tenants already had to pass their screening process, I was not concerned about inheriting these tenants.

It is a county by county decision.You have to screen through a lot of  junk to find the worthwhile ones.

@Jen Anderson how about get google voice number for your rentals and screen that line.

Fifth, you’ll get better screening the next time you have a fancy.

There are numbers and then there is outside the numbers, but it helps to get them all down on a screen.

Taxes are calculated on the gain (e.g. sale price - purchase price + expenses, broken down fairly clearly by @Jake Baker) not just on the sale price.The tax treatment on sale of a Primary Residence vs.