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Brandon S. Section 8 tenant specifics
9 November 2014 | 14 replies

 Hello to everyone on BP, this is my first post so far and i just wanted to know some general information that i couldn't find when i was searching in the forum's. As a future section 8 landlord, can you decide that y...

Jeshua Patrick Does Section 8 acceptance affect income standards
15 August 2019 | 9 replies

I am converting a Townhome I own and lived in for the last 2 years into a rental. I have had several potential tenants ask if I accepted Section 8. I have told them that I am not set up to do so yet; however, I am con...

Nina V. Section 8-First time landlord and already in trouble! Please help
29 March 2016 | 61 replies

Hi All,In the process of renting our property, we received many applications. One of them was an aggressive lady on section 8. She assured us she has excellent credit score. My dad who was helping with the process, se...

Colin Lange Pet Addendum in New York (not NYC)
18 October 2023 | 5 replies

Hey!
I have a no pet policy for my units, but one of my tenants worked around this by making her cat an Emotional Support Animal. I am feeling cornered by this and don't think that I have many options. A highly exper...

Nancy Roth large family applied to rent small house
2 February 2014 | 19 replies

The applicant, a single woman, has 4 kids. My rental in Baltimore city has two legal bedrooms plus a 3rd "bonus room" upstairs that has no exterior window or closet, so we advertise it as a 2-bedroom. Occupancy guidel...

Brian Fuerle Discrimination against section 8
23 December 2018 | 74 replies

So I was advertising my mothers upstairs appartment out of Buffalo New York, ( The appartment is not section 8 approved) this is my first time renting out a space and I assumed you had to be approved to take section 8...

Molly Morlino Emotional support animal pit bull in Texas
6 November 2018 | 15 replies

We built our rentals on land in Kyle, TX that belongs to my parents - they have other rental homes on it as well - and my parents do not allow pit bulls or pit bull mixes on the property.  It's just such a risk.   I l...

Steve S. Prospective tenant with 6 kids in 1800 sq ft
25 January 2019 | 7 replies

There’s a 3 bedroom 2 bath house about 1800 sq ft. A colleague said the tenejt has 6 kids mostly teenagers. Willing to pay cash on the barrel. Credit score probably under 600What would your thoughts be?  Could bring a...

Nick Scalero Making offers on multiple properties
5 August 2010 | 12 replies

I expect to be making offers in the near future on multiple properties but can only afford one property. I'm thinking I need to put a contingency in the contracts stating that the offer may be rescinded upon acceptan...

Alyssa Paros How do I respond to Section 8 inquiries?
18 March 2019 | 24 replies

We have a unit up for rent. We don’t currently accept section 8 and don’t plan to. But I have a person messaging me about section 8 and after repeated messages of telling him politely that we don’t accept section 8, h...