Will Feeny
Tenant drug use advice
Hi,
Looking for some advice on a rental property I have, there are 2 brothers on lease and have been living there for years. Never any issues with them. This week one of the brothers came home and worried about the o...
Robert Lindsley
Service dogs in Florida
Hello Biggerpockets,
A prospective tenant reached out to me for an apartment in my FL building. They have a service dog (Bulldog) and asked if that would be an issue. We do not allow dogs at this property, thus my ...
Jason L.
Would you rent to a convicted felon?
A couple applied to rent one of my houses (note: this is through an independent leasing services and I have not met or spoken to the applicants myself). They sent a long intro letter saying the boyfriend was convicted...
Adam Stroik
Screening Applicants...what would you do?
Greetings All,I have a SFR opening up in a couple months and started accepting applications. I had one applicant with a domestic abuse on his background check. The incident occurred almost 20 years ago. what are y...
Brittany Regts
Renting Homes Outside of Rank
My husband is a medical officer in the military and will be deploying soon. When he does, I will be leaving our duplex for a few months to stay with family. We were hoping to provide our unit as a short-term, furnishe...
Jacob Hanson
HELP! Minneapolis proposal eliminates credit score for screening!
Minneapolis is proposing to not allow landlords to use credit score as a factor for screening tenants. Evictions older than 3 years and felonies over 5 years cannot be used to disqualify candidates either. I'm a new...
Pat Mulligan
Why am I having such a hard time with HM lenders? Unrealistic?
I have a property under contract and have been working with a loan broker FOR OVER A MONTH! I'm in clear danger of the seller's patience running out. Was told we "passed" the lender's test: 730 Credit scores, ple...
Ryan Komagome
Pros and Cons of Section 8 housing
Hi All,I'm new to the investment game and wanted your experts opinion. There is a property that I'm looking at that has very good calculated returns. The biggest question in doing the deal is there is currently a tena...
Kim Meredith Hampton
Service Animals, what's an owner to do?
I manage real estate for investors, and wanted to hear from the insurance brokers as to what your feel is for the growing number of "service Animals" in rental properties. The biggest concern that I have is that we ca...
Roz Enfield
Landlord to pay for security system?
We have a pretty needy tennant in San Francisco. He moved in during Covid and has experienced a few problems, his girlfriends cell phone was stolen while walking on the street, as well as smashed garage windows multip...