Unless you're really desperate for a tenant....I could have bent my screening criteria for my most recent rental listing numerous times but I held out for about 60 days and finally placed a good, qualified tenant.Even if you talk to the applicant they're going to do their best to sell themselves.

When you are new to pizza, you might only want to drive a few miles to get a slice so your risk/reward ratio is low.

My advice is to focus on a website that is converting traffic into leads at a high level, Google will reward your website for this organically.

They caused me to lose the cleaning fee on numerous bookings (45 of them) within a matter of weeks.

After listening to numerous experts they have suggested, for newbies, to focus on one niche & strategy and master it before expanding to others.

By doing so, we are often rewarded with good long-term tenants.

If the goal is owning numerous properties you need to buy accordingly.

All great and rewarding jobs but always giving someone else my time.

Additionally during this time I had 2 HVAC unit repairs, an electrical repair, 2 water issues in basements, a property that was flagged by Code Enforcement as uninhabitable due to a tenant's trash, a broken garage door, roach infestation, clogged plumbing, a broken sliding glass door, and numerous other items!

Between the networking and numerous resources, you can gain a lot of insight from BP.