You screen out the duds and then take only the best qualified and leave the marginal to bad tenants at the other complexes.Then after you have filled up fast in years 2 and 3 you increase rents closer to market rates slowly.What year was the property built??

Also, the current screening process is less than seller.I was a very tough negotiator throughout this process.

Then on the wall above the bar you have a space for the big screen.

I'm a fan of ccap for tenant screening, but I'm not a fan of middle initials, dob and address's for the world to have access too.

In the day and age of Zillow, Trulia, Gmaps etc, the average person may feel an agent is an unnecessary expense.

As I sat in his tiny office that was part of a shared office group, I noticed the computer screen on his desk.

John B. the setting you see on the privacy screen controls only indexing of your profile.

A terrible tenant will cost you a lot more than a vacant rental.I would suggest coming up with a written policy regarding tenant screening.

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Welcome to BiggerPockets, @Jason Clark.Aside from your mother, you want to start researching how to screen tenants.