We have a couple renting a house in Minnesota who is consistently behind on paying rent but they end up paying the full rent within the month, staying just out of reach of agreement termination.

The unit is coming up for rent again soon and I'm wondering if I am opening myself up for a claim of discrimination with this process - where a tenant who is not chosen could claim that I rented to someone else based on their (fill in the blank of protected class)?

It's more commonly a flat fee or maybe half a month's rent.

We wanted to run plumbing to the back so that we could make a livable dwelling and rent it out.

lately, I’ve been thinking about many different strategies regarding real estate.I originally did wholesaling for a few months but ended up stopping bc it just took up too much of my time especially with my full time job.second, I thought of having rentals but I was hesitant bc I live in NJ & the rental laws here aren’t the greatest and it’s hardly any deals that can justify for the rent to cover the mortage in this expensive market.Right now ive been thinking about possibly flipping properties in my own back yard NJ or possibly out of state where home prices are much lower in certain markets.Anyone have advice if I should possibly flip properties where I live in NJ (blue state) or possibly go into another market and flip virtually..?

But a low purchase price sadly won’t matter if the house barely rents at all unfortunately

This new form allows us to order a 1007 rent schedule with SHORT TERM RENTAL COMPS.

For properties in that range, my monthly payment will be more than 40 percent of my monthly income but I should still be able to pay for that by renting the other rooms.

LIHTC development, Section 8 focus, or just finding really inexpensive real estate and intentionally keeping rents lower than market to provide affordable housing for the area.  

What's at risk is it may not cash flow and renting is not so common in South Jersey, but I would feel more comfortable investing in a good area where schools are decent to good, and tenants are likely to care more.