Jeff Miller
I've been saving cash and now I want to buy an investment rental
I have >$400k saved and accruing zero interest in my savings account :(What is a good bet for my first investment property? I'm thinking single family home; rent it out for a few years and ride the equity wave.
Ricardo R.
Screening Criteria - Your thoughts?
Hi all, I am in the midst of revising my rental criteria and just want to see what you all thought about my criteria below in regards to income and credit scores, your thoughts?
Applicant(s) has verifiable combined i...
Rodney Morris
customer provided credit reports. Yes or No?
Hello all,I recently signed up with Cozy.co and put a unit out for rent. one of the applicants contacted me about not using the Cozy credit check and asked if they could provide their own. They have a subscription to ...
Ed Goble
Catch 22 of No Down Payment for Investment
Here's the catch 22. My house (primary residence) is paid off. I have perfect credit. Regular investment mortgages would be easy to get..... if only I had a down payment, because they only cover 80% most of the ti...
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Getting Started in San Diego
Hello All!
I have been reading in the forums for a couple of weeks now. Here is my story:
I am 34, a wife and mother of a 16mo old daughter, and work as the CFO for a small real estate development company in San Di...
Douglas Gasser
Help getting started
hello, so I'm 28 year old stock broker that recently moved to AZ from NY. We recently bought a house and things have been going good. I started my job about a year ago and while I make decent money,I feel like I shou...
Simpson St.Louis
Can the Administrotor of an Estate purchase the Estate
Hello I am relatively new to here to bigger pockets. I've recently been considering to be named the Administrator of my mothers estate (God Bless her soul). The situation goes like this the house is currently in pre-...
Roland S.
How Poor Americans get Exploited by their Landlords
It seems to me that the landlords are providing a service for people that need housing, not exploiting them....https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/how-poor-amer...
Megan Hirlehey
How to Take Tenant Applications
What programs/processes do you use to take tenant applications? Software/paper? What sites do you use to run background and credit checks?
Z C
Need advice, please
We thought we found two very nice tenants. After background check, the lady showed no apprent issue. But the guy had one civil judgment in 2006 and filed chapter 13 in 2004. Should I deny their application? Thanks.