Cheryl C.
Which tenant would you choose?
I've already made up my mind. I have 2 well qualified applicants. One is a 30-something couple with a baby. The other is a 53yr old woman who used to be an interior decorator. She brought pictures of the house she...
Bob Houston
New landlord...3X rent as salary requirement...too high?
SFR is in the Dallas TX area which is a red hot market right now. Rents have increased a lot over the last few years.I am concerned that requiring 3X rent as a monthly salary may be unrealistic.- it is a 3 br, 1.5 bat...
Will Browm
Online tenant screening with SmartMove
I am trying to use SmartMove through BP. I have sent 15 email requests for people that have seen and liked the property. Not one prospect has applied in two weeks. I don't want to trash BP or the service. I wonder...
Account Closed
Government Paid Schooling
Wow. I just had a rental applicant who is going to college on federal grants. He's receiving over $6500 every 3 months. Books and tuition are about $1500 of that. (I saw the documents)
He's studying massage, so the g...
Atwan Kwan
Cozy.co ALTERNATIVE.....PM Faster $$ Solutions....?!?
So cozy.co is not very property manager friendly. You can collect rent electronically, but NOT send to clients/homeowners electronically.I can venmo/paypal to send to them a lot of times, but I always hit the weekly l...
Account Closed
Providing applicant's personal info to homeowner
I am a property manager and I do all of the background checks for the homeowner. I never have provided applicant's background checks to the homeowners, mostly out of confidentiality for the applicant. Well, I just ren...
Jeff B.
Zillow Fair Housing Reference
Fair Housing info has been made available by Zillow. This is important to all Buy & Holder investors (aka landlords).
Sergio Aguinaga
rental steps questions
Hello, I have some questions about the process for having the property rented out, so here we go:1. How do you make sure they pay the water bill? I already plan to have it included in the lease and agreed upon but doe...
Jim Henderson
Tenant application process - feedback please
I would love some feedback.This is my first time acting as my own property manager. After a lot of scouring these forums for guidance, I came up with the process below for tenant applications. What do you do different...
Kelly Conrad
Your website & online presence
Hey everyone!It seems that no one has posted this sort of question in at least over a month, so I figured maybe this would be interesting for folks watching this forum.I guess basic info in case others are wondering, ...