Hello everyone,I've heard a lot of great things about this community and am excited to join.

Majoring in Finance, I returned home to complete my Bachelors Degree at California State University Bakersfield.With my degree in hand I wanted to extend my reach in the community so I started my Real Estate company Synergy Real Estate in January 2016.

What I would recommend is to utilize an online application or paper application so that the tenant doesn't have to pay an application fee just to submit the application to you.  

I would just email them an application and ask them to fill it out and still make them pay for screening costs just like new tenants.

I have ran into another question, and I would like to know how the BP community handles "buying properties under 50k for rental income."

I am a new member to the community, currently located out of Southern CA.

Hi BP community,I'm fairly new to the Los Angeles market, but am aware of the low caps, competitive prices, and low value-add opportunities.

He told me that a local community bank (wasn't willing to reveal which bank it was) in Atlanta metro area allowed him to use his free and clear single family properties as collateral for multi-family financing.

Hey Bigger Pockets community, my name is Kevin and I am a new investor in Central New Jersey.  

Welcome to the community Nik.