As we’re approaching the second and third week of tenants possibly being impacted by Covid-19 furloughs I’m curious if anyone knows of resources we can share with tenants when they approach asking for forbearance or p...

If they work with us, we’ll work with them.Another thing we’re doing is providing a list of rental assistance and unemployment programs.

I don't want to be harsh, as long as they are making a $900 car payment I am not inclined to assist with rent out of my pocket. 

Most of my low income tenants are hard workers that don't want a handout -- many are proud of the fact that they can and are making it in market rate housing without government assistance! 

I have skills in pretty much everything from accounting, digital marketing, and customer service.

Aside from providing the basics (ie. listing tool to get the property published to 10+ major sites, scheduling tool to schedule viewings, tenant screening with comprehensive applications -- pulled reports from TransUnion, which include nationwide criminal background checks + credit checks + eviction history, digital lease creation tool, rent collection tool, and maintenance tracking tool), some services also offer your tenants waived ACH fees and additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).

Aside from providing the basics (ie. listing tool to get the property published to 10+ major sites, scheduling tool to schedule viewings, tenant screening with comprehensive applications -- pulled reports from TransUnion, which include nationwide criminal background checks + credit checks + eviction history, digital lease creation tool, rent collection tool, and maintenance tracking tool), some services also offer your tenants waived ACH fees and additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus; this can create an added incentive for making sure they pay that rent on time).

Hopefully on top of the no eviction, there will be mortgage assistance for all.  

Again, more details about that process here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/818360-my-house-hack-took-89-days-to-closeOHFA Downpayment AssistanceAlthough I had the funds for the downpayment and a 3 month emergency fund, I decided to use Oklahoma’s DP assistance fund.

There are also a lot of first time homebuyer assistance programs out there that can help get you grant money to reduce the closing costs or downpayment that you need