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Val J. My Tenant is Out of her MIND!
7 January 2019 | 55 replies
My question @Val Jaz is did the tenant not raise any flags or concerns during your screening process? 
Leroy Wallace Jr First Time Landlord...
9 January 2019 | 13 replies
Get a good lease, learn to screen tenants well, follow the lease.
Luke Carl Long Distance Self managers... How do you show the property?
7 January 2019 | 10 replies
You can negotiate a commission/rate for their time, but they don't have to be involved in management or even the pre-screening.
Spencer Dillinger What software should I use?
8 January 2019 | 7 replies
I can't say that rents will be automatically  entered, but they help with scheduling, tenant screening, repairs, accounting, etc...Buildium, Yardi, appfolio are a few. 
Brandon Dubisky New investor looking for Section 8 advice
9 January 2019 | 10 replies
The low income element, with SEC 8 or not, makes screening harder, maintaining harder, and collecting harder.
Frankie Betancourt First time doing eviction need some advice
5 January 2019 | 1 reply
I can’t stress this enough screen your tenants !!!!
Brady Boyer Tenant Screening Diligence when buying
5 January 2019 | 5 replies
My fear is that he leased up the building with low quality tenants and doesn't want me to review the tenant screening materials. 
Diana Johnson On the fence about the background check results
7 January 2019 | 31 replies
The purpose of screening is to find reasons to reject applicants not find reasons to accept.
Will Randolph Resource for finding rental demand/vacancies in any market
9 January 2019 | 5 replies
This allows me to compare a property that I'm looking at to similar properties (location, quality of finishes, size) in the area.
Mark Hughes What is your true vacancy rate??
7 January 2019 | 19 replies
It takes less than 2 weeks to find a qualified tenant and process them through a rigorous tenant screening process.Even in situations where there will be some re-painting and some renovations, the tenants are just happy to find a secure, good apt in a safe and trendy neighborhood.When I build my Business Plans, Vacancy cost is projected to be ZERO in my investment localities.If a friend or relative invests in a different location, then I look at the asking rent versus the Fair Market Rent (FMR).If the asking Rent is approximately the same as the FMR, then, depending on the vacancy rate of the target area, I would estimate 1 month vacancy allowance.IF the asking Rent is significantly below the FMR in a highly dense locality, then there is no point on adding a vacancy of any significant value.I once had an apt with a FMR of $3k per month.