Iaroslav Demydovych
Newbie needs help picking the right tenant
25 January 2020 | 42 replies
Guarantor’s income will not be accepted or considered.Guarantor's and co-signers will not be accepted or considered.Credit Screening - An Applicant with an unsatisfactory credit report will be denied.Bankruptcy, regardless of discharge, within the last 7 years will be grounds for denial.Rental housing debt, evictions, or collections will result in automatic denial of application.All applicants must have at least 12 months of verifiable and positive residency history immediately preceding application.All applicants will be screened for criminal history.All persons 18 and over intending to reside in the home must qualify in each of the above categories with the exception of the household combined income may be used to satisfy the rent to income earning ratio.
Jason Runkel
Tenant Screening Guidelines
2 February 2020 | 17 replies
We require monthly gross household income to be at least three times the monthly rental rate.
Jared Mann
Awkward conversation: Female Insight Needed
7 February 2020 | 20 replies
Many household products are labeled and marketed as DISPOSABLE and/or FLUSHABLE; many baby and adult personal hygiene products, along with household wipes and cleaning towelettes are labeled both disposable and flushable.
Ivan Loza
It’s MY MONEY and I want it NOW!
23 May 2021 | 87 replies
In my case I just learned that Fl exempts all heads of households, but I can go after a levy.
Trevor Muska
Bakersfield, Fresno or Neither?
2 February 2020 | 30 replies
Fresno & Sacramento average houses are $300-400k so with 1 wage earner in a house hold of $150k that would be very doable plus the life style would be quite good.
Bob Romano
Tenants Overworking Washer , How would you handle this?
31 January 2020 | 30 replies
Talk to her in person about your concerns, then do it in writing and have her sign it.Something along the line of the "washer and dryer are designed for clothing and other normal household items and are not for larger commercial type products.
Tom Egelandsdal
Funding your down payment on first.
31 January 2020 | 10 replies
The IRS penalties are only around 4% as I recall (I actually know a couple people who did this during the recession so they could buy homes), and they're great to work with on payment plans.The IRS will send a letter to your employer saying what your W-4 filing status should be (for instance single, head of household), saying you aren't allowed to change that until you have paid back what you owe the IRS, and you will also agree to that with the IRS.If you start now, you could have a year and a half or so of being able to do this before the IRS gets in contact with you.Just remember you will have to pay it back and budget for it.
Rick Oaks
Does my realtor know what he is talking about??
9 February 2020 | 42 replies
On top of that, he's been through something like 6 or 7 recessions where he might have seen the value of a lower minimum monthly payment over the lower rate: households have monthly budgets (not 15 year budgets...), the ones calling him for a fire sale listing back in '89 (S&L crisis) or '01 (dot com bubble) were the ones with the higher monthly payments, not the ones with the higher interest rate.
David Tiemann
Do I make a bathroom Handicapped Accessible for a current tenant?
31 March 2017 | 35 replies
They are living on Social Security benefits and household income is just barely at 3 times their current rent.
John Teachout
Service animals, are they a pet?
2 April 2017 | 10 replies
This property would have allowed small dogs.Anyway, about the time they moved in I found out that one member of the household had a "service animal".