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8 April 2015 | 12 replies
Anyway, I have been sitting on the sidelines listening to podcast, reading posts by others, dreaming up rental property developments on parcels of land for sale in my city area, watching flipping shows on TV.
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28 April 2015 | 55 replies
At this time we've rented this property to other applicants.
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8 April 2015 | 4 replies
In the meantime, have him fill out an application and go through the same process as any of your other tenants.Oh, and be careful how you phrase the "too many people for my rental" conversation with him.
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8 April 2015 | 0 replies
At this time we've rented this property to other applicants.
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6 November 2015 | 48 replies
Most of my out of the office work can be from a laptop or iPad while watching crappy reality TV so it's not like I'm spending my life "on the job", thankfully.
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19 April 2015 | 25 replies
I also carefully screen each tenant and may go through 25 application before we approve one.
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20 July 2015 | 17 replies
So I'm waiting on the application process to be complete.
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11 May 2016 | 10 replies
With that said, there are some watch outs, especially as a college student.
10 May 2016 | 0 replies
The buyer defaulted on getting the mortgage secured within the time applicable.
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12 May 2016 | 3 replies
They have great systems, are very good at pitching and convincing people to sell to them, and you can probably learn a lot by watching their approach.