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Abigail K. Section 8 Tenant Questions
16 May 2019 | 5 replies

Hi There, Me again. I'm scouring the internet and can't seem to find a straight answer on a few questions regarding Section 8 tenants, I'm not sure if any of you have dealt with the specifics of the below but I would ...

Phillip Gonzales Section 8
31 August 2018 | 54 replies

Hello so an interesting subject always in my head is should I rent to section 8 or some other form of government housing? I know its a guaranteed rental income, but it is worth the hoops you have to jump through can s...

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...

Dan McGrew Prospective tenant says 3x income requirement is not legal
30 July 2024 | 18 replies

Had a prospective tenant share the article below. This seems bogus but wanted to see if others had similar thoughts:https://boundlessestates.com/new-law-starting-july-1st-landl...

Thomas Gagnon Questions to ask specifically for section 8 tenants
17 September 2017 | 7 replies

Hello everyone,

My company has developed our Tenant screening process ver thoroughly and over many years. That said it's been a great learning process and has been successful in the markets we've been in.

Recently w...

Mathew Zorn Is Section 8 Housing as bad as people say?
30 March 2023 | 97 replies

I have a rental home in zip code 23513 and wanted to know if it's worth switching the home to section eight? I understand that section eight makes those that qualify pay for a small portion of the rent and section eig...

Ricardo Meza Raising Rents for Sale?
12 February 2016 | 3 replies

This question is out of curiosity since I'm not yet a landlord.Say you have a property you're about to sell, and the value of that property is mostly based on the cash flow.  Your current tenant is veteran, and when y...

Ryan Judah What if the housing voucher/disability doesn't cover min reqts?
11 December 2018 | 11 replies

We are in WA State and have an available apartment listed for $1250 and one of our minimum requirements is 2.5x monthly rent.  She is on disability of $750/month.  With these two amounts, however, she doesn't meet our...

Rick Baggenstoss Housing Veterans thru VASH which is similar to Section 8
25 May 2017 | 8 replies

I recently started learning about the VASH program -- a program to provide homes and other support services to chronically homeless veterans a full service program.  These Vets don't have rental history, credit histor...

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...