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Bryan Clement Background Checks...... Uh, how do I do this
13 December 2019 | 21 replies

Hello everyone, rather new to tenant placing. I was wondering what services you all use to do background checks on a tenant? There are several out there and I want to make sure I use a service that is legitimate. Any ...

Neil Whitney Bad Credit Applicant
13 June 2017 | 9 replies

Hello everyone, I have received a application from a tenant who has bad credit. 574 scoreShe makes extremely good money, 8k per month offshore. Should I make her give a larger deposit?have a cosigner?move on and find ...

Anil Samuel No Credit Check forTenant - Should I rent to them?
20 May 2015 | 15 replies

If you have a tenant that does not have established credit who is part of an older generation that doesn't believe in credit, would you rent to them?  Every thing else as far as criminal, rental, and income has checke...

Timothy A. Tenant deposited partial rent during dispossessory
30 March 2020 | 10 replies

Hi team, I could use some eviction advice. Tenant in Georgia owes $4500 of late rent. 3 day notice is passed and I filed the dispossessory with the court. She has since deposited $2k directly into my bank account and ...

Kevin Harrison Tenant broke lease and left a mess. What recourse do i have?
8 July 2015 | 9 replies

So my tenant gave notice of breaking his lease, and was ok with the fact that he was going to lose his security deposit. Once he moved out though I found that while no major damage had been done a lot of small things ...

Michael Seeker Large rental company, crazy fees
17 December 2011 | 10 replies

Just looking for some thoughts on this situation, kind of from the opposite viewpoint of what we normally see on BP.

My g/f just moved out of her apartment and got a friendly letter in the mail a few days ago saying ...

Kelly N. How much cash to keep in reserve?
11 March 2013 | 11 replies

Hello all,

We are just staring out, closed on our first rental property in January and waiting to close the second. Our plan for the the first year was to purchase two cashflowing properties, then use the cashflow ...

Terri David Deposit Does Not Cover Damage
1 October 2018 | 14 replies

Hi there - what do you all do when a tenant's deposit does not cover the damage? Can you file in small claims court and is it worth it (property in Houston metro area)? Can you report this against their credit as an i...

Larry T. vandalism by minors-need advice
8 July 2010 | 12 replies

Hi everyone, over the weekend of the 4th, about 5-6 teenagers got up on the second floor balcony of a 4-plex that we are renovating (which is currently vacant due to work being done) and they kicked of large portions ...

Andy K Sewer line backup happened twice due to tenant negligience
1 April 2016 | 9 replies

Hi all,We have a rental property, where we had a sewer line backup happen in February last year. The sewer water came out of the toilet on the first level and destroyed the carpet, drywall, etc. Had to call the insura...