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I'm a new small-time landlord figuring out my process for screening tenants for an apartment in Chicago. It seems like most all popular screening services like Mysmartmove, Rentspree, etc use the Transunion "...

I'm currently sitting on about 20 properties in the Philadelphia area and I'd like to find new ways of getting my deals in front of buyers. So far, Marketplace and Email blasts have yielded the best results. But, Face...

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I hope I'm posting this in the right forum. I have found a HUD home I'd like to purchase as a rental. It's a great price, great neighborhood, solid numbers (50/2) etc. Here's the problem:

The HUD di...