I recently completed construction on a brand new home (1700 sf) 3 br, 2.5 ba house and want to rent it out.  I have placed ads in our local newspaper (online), craigslist.com, Postlets.com, Rentals.com and AHRN.com (t...

I'm looking for references of good property managers and contractors in Dallas Fort Worth area which you have used in the past and found to be reliable. 

My first rental property had an existing section 8 tenant when I bought it. I was naïve and attracted to the 'guaranteed' rent. I'd rate the tenant a 2/5, as she didn't completely destroy the property and paid rent ev...

I have two applicants for a SFR. Ironically booth are from Seattle and claim they are moving to Dallas for new jobs. They don't have the offer letters but have provided contacts to verify the new job offer. Their back...

Hey BP community, got something on my mind. When I first got my property, I decided to let it be managed by the on-site PM company (who is also the HOA, is that common?) Anyway, I had a horrible experience - horri...

On the last go round of finding tenant for our SFR 3 years ago we were new. We stuck a sign in the yard and when someone called we went running (we live within 5 minutes) to show the property.

This time I am ...

Based on our prospective applicant's initial contact he quoted 600 as his credit score and in our ad, we stated we were looking for 'good' credit. His credit came out at 530 with other delinquencies, judgement and li...

Anybody can throw some insight about Bridgehouse America validity please, legit or scam?

I have been noticing there are a lot of posts asking about can I discriminate against this or that.  I always thought of tenant screening as a job interview and I am the employer.  I would phone screen them, if they m...

Hello all,

Noob real estate scholar here. I am inexperienced as a tenant and would like to see how the pros conduct their due diligence when renting.

I like to drive to a candidate rental neighborhood at night, pre...