George H.
Has renter pool increased or decreased during the pandemic
I am looking to buy my 2nd investment property here in the next few months and was wondering if others have noticed more or less rental applications being submitted in the past couple months. I no longer use a PM, so ...
Brian Fuerle
Discrimination against section 8
So I was advertising my mothers upstairs appartment out of Buffalo New York, ( The appartment is not section 8 approved) this is my first time renting out a space and I assumed you had to be approved to take section 8...
Robert Chiang
Loan Officer Request Questions- Are These Standard??
I'm getting prequalified for a loan at a large national bank. He requested for my pay stub, last 2 years tax returns, any applicable w2 and k1, and 2 months bank statement for source of down payment. This all seems ...
Hank Marsh
Too many good choices... Denying rental applications
We have a nice single family home in central Texas. This is our first investment property and we have come across a difficult situation. We have two applicants within 12 hours of each other:Applicant one: application ...
Alex Tokmazeyskiy
Received Complaint for Not accepting Sec 8, How do i respond?
I posted an ad stating "No Section 8" and received a discrimination complaint for it. Ad has been taken down already a few weeks ago. Due to long process and apartment being vacant i just did not want to deal with lon...
Sharon Kay Donovan
BiggerPockets Rental Application * Question
Hello All… I noticed when I downloaded the BiggerPockets Rental Application that it didn't have a space for personal references. Do you think that personal references are important when screening tenants? It seems r...
Jillian Wright-Martin
Secure online application portal?
Hi all,Is there a free online application portal landlords can use for free? I only have one unit that I hope I will continue to retain a tenant long term. Current tenants are moving out after over 4 years! The last t...
Marc Winter
Stay on top of this housing discrimination pitfall
Hi All:Just came across this article and thought it might help landlords and managers keep on top of a growing trend:
How To Avoid A Fair Housing Claim Over Source Of Income Discrimination source of income discrimina...
Jamie B.
Disqualify Potential Tenant with First Email Inquiry?
I have been reading all the blogs and posts within this site as well as books others have recommended. Amazing amount of information! We are busy getting our first rental SFH ready and I am behind on my formal introd...
Kristin Caras
Filling Vacant Rental Properties
A lot of new investors (like myself) seem to have the fear that once they buy a property, it will sit vacant for months and ruin their cash flow and make them unable to pay their bills. Of course, a lot of this depend...