Can the landlord ask a perspective tenant how many adults will reside at the rental property?

Any advice on renting to a tenant with medical debt and liens. The tenant failed to meet my 650 credit score limit and has 3 liens totaling about 50k on the background check.

I'm learning how to screen tenants and how the applicant process should take place. I've read the Turners' book on managing properties and I've taken a look at BP's guide to tenant screening.
The guide suggest that a...

We are showing our first rental property today and have had a lot of really positive responses from potential renters. We had one Hispanic family that came to view the house and they really liked it and have already a...

I am renting out the "Casita" portion of my house. It is a separate portion of the house that does not have access to the main house or backyard. There is a seperate entrance to casita and it has no direct access or e...

Hello!! 
We have a property under contract in Holly Springs, Raleigh. It’s on 0.22 acres and needs full rehab. It’s currently as R15 zone. We wanted to check if we can change zone and could build a triplex. Any sugge...

Hello! I am wondering if anyone has experience renting to a tenant who has foster children regularly? I assume it is a protected scenario in which I could not discriminate so this is not necessarily a "should I, shoul...

Hello all,The below questions come from a landlord friend of mine I help out on occasion:Wondering if anyone out there requires paid (I use aparments.com) applications to be submitted before showings? With the plethor...

How long should we keep potential applications that are not current or past tenants in California?  I've looked it up and can only find "Until you're no longer liable."  Well yes, I get that, but how long before we're...

I like to handle the background checking process myself, instead of using a website... - I still would like to charge fees, as it takes me an hour per application to see if it’s a good applicant or not... My question ...