Brandon Schlichter
How do you manage leads?
this is a good problem to have, but it's becoming more and more of a headache.With rental applicants I started off doing a traditional online application using a vendor who offered upsells for nationwide background ch...
Justin Taber
What are your processes?
I am currently reading The Book on Managing Rental Properties by @Brandon Turner. The concept of processes has alway made sense to me since reading EMyth but I had never written everything down.I was curious what proc...
Joel Halvorson
Screening Criteria and Retirees
Hi,
I have a new property coming available, and a neighbor's retired parents are looking to move closer into the same neighborhood where my property is located. They filled out the application through apartments.com ...
Peter Morgan
How to politely turn down section 8
HelloI am getting inquiries from section 8 tenantsHow can I politely turn down? I don’t even have any permissions to rent to section8 tenants.Appreciate your inputs Thanks
John Boire
WA Tenants Protected from Discrimination BasedOn Source of Income
I live in Washington State which is very tenant friendly. I have read and used The Book on Managing Rental Properties as a reference and have always approached the Section 8 question from potential tenants with "inco...
Kenneth Davis
Any ideas on offering discounts to attract better tenants and are there any limits to types of discounts?
Is it illegal to offer discounts of say, like a $25.00 discount for people who have good credit, discount for having held the same job with the same employer for over a year, a discount for not having any criminal rec...
Paul D.
Tenants in common - who can claim active participation?
A family (parent and children) owns rental properties as tenants in common. Each co-owner has more than a 10% stake in the properties. One co-owner does 99% of the property management. However, when it comes time to a...
Brentin Trent
What is the best way to collect the application fee?
I see a lot of folks talking about services that can collect the application fee AND do the screening, such as cozy.co. I have not looked deeply into these options.That being said, I plan to submit my own screening vi...
Cameron Riley
By the “ Book “ - Valid non discriminatory questions to ask?
- During your house showing, which questions do you ask prospective tenants? - How do you get a feel on what kind of relationship you and the tenant will potentially have if you rent to them? Never want to find myself...
Elias Marte
Tenants don't make income requirements but have a Guarantor
Hi! Everyone! I'm soo happy to have discovered this wonderful site! I'm a real estate agent and I'm helping managed or get good clients for my aunt. I'm somewhat an acting landlord on her behalf even though I ask her ...