All he needs to do is contact I real estate broker who works with investors, and he'll receive all the deals he has time to look at. 

Note: a Mortgage Credit Report will pick up dirt that those worthless "Online" consumer fico score reports won't show.Depending on how much of a Credit Criminal you have on your hands, in addition to a substantial "refundable deposit ask for 1st month's and last 2 month's rent up front (note: need to open an escrow account to deposit the rent payments and deposit collected)Write lease with an "EPD"  (Early Payment Discount), meaning if they ensure that you receive the monthly payment BEFORE the 1st day of the month, the rent is discounted $50, $100, $300 or whatever, depending on if you are leasing out a $50k home or a $3,000,000 home.And the very first time the rent is 5 days late, hire an evection company to go post an eviction notice to start the process and/or show them you are not playing and they will likely ensure you receive the rest of the rents on time after thatAnd I could go on and on listing things to do, but these are a few good ones  

I guess I was assuming it was slow here because I had called about a few rentals I saw listed, just to feel them out, and they had no pending applicants....but I guess it could have been that they hadn't received any qualified applicants, perhaps. 

I eliminated the Struck to County liens that all received 16%:Click on image to see larger version of table.

Believe it's meeting this Thursday (22-Feb) at Renton Technical College. https://www.meetup.com/Fixated-On-Real-Estate/Real Estate Association of Puget Sound (REAPS): http://www.reapsweb.com/Seattle Investors Club (SIC): https://seattleinvestorsclub.com/Cascadia Investors Alliance: https://www.meetup.com/CascadiaInvestorsAlliance/Each can focus on different areas, but they're all excellent for networking with other investors and RE-focused business partners.Keep listening to the podcasts, start joining the networking events, and you'll start to define your goals and how you want to get there. 

These programs are much more lenient and allow Alternative income streams to qualify such as: Liquid Asset calculations for incomeBusiness Bank DepositsPersonal Bank Deposits Expected Income New Employment income1099 IncomeCommissions & BonusesAccount ReceivablesNote Receivables Contracts for future incomeNew Rental IncomeExpected Rental Income from property planning to rentConsiderably different calculations on Tax returns 

I've received two applications for my two bed rental condo.

Rich Stancato excellent and works with you. 

Unfortunately I didnt receive any recommendations.

It was still an excellent value for my buyers even with the slight raise, and worked out well for all.