Samson Oni
Section 8 in Maryland
Hi everyone,
Asking this question for a friend:
My friends started the section 8 process and already sent them the landlord package but the process is taking forever. Can he keep showing the place and when he get ...
Brian Phillips
Choices for me but not for thee
Housing advocates are promoting two bills introduced in the Texas Legislature that would give tenants more choices and reduce choices for landlords. The bills would prohibit landlords from using source of income as a ...
Eric McCarty
Section 8 question on inherited
Hey everyone
I’m closing on two properties. The first property is a 4br/2br that has a section 8 tenant currently residing in it. She’s been there for 18.5 years and has been great; needless to say I want to keep ...
Kadia Lawrence
How to calculate 3X income rule for section 8 and Minimum credit score
If you have a minumum multiplier to qualify people on income, e.g., income must be 3X rent, how do you make the calculation for a tenant using a section 8 voucher?Also, if you are using one standard set of criteria to...
Nicole Schertzer
New to Section 8 with 2 different vouchers
(Located in New York) I am about to close on a house that I purchased to rent to a family member. Her application for section 8 has not been approved yet. While she is waiting for hers to come through, which would be ...
Sean Thomas
Section 8 voucher in Baltimore City
I have a prospective tenant that showed up today with a 2Bdr voucher and my house is 3Bdr in Baltimore City. I suppose this voucher is only good for 2 Bdr and getting this changed isn't going to work?I have an advert...
Lynn Wong
Short term rental
Hello everyone, I really want to rent my house to a Section 8 voucher person; however, she is waiting for her voucher to be reissued because she wanted to move out of her apartment. I got a good referral about this po...
Grayson Gist
Raising the Rent on Section 8 Tenant
Hey everyone,
I have an inherited section 8 tenant and their rent is pretty low even with the voucher.
I don’t understand the ins and outs of section 8 fully yet, but I have learned a few things and I want to make ...
Kevin Allen
Government forced section 8
Ok, so I live in Louisville, KY. I currently have two sfr’s and was actively looking for my next purchase to pull the trigger on. Louisville Metro (Jefferson County in KY) is now in the works of passing a fairness o...
Tim Pass
Baltimore Section 8
Hello Bigger Pockets,I am looking to buy in Baltimore Md to rent to Section 8 qualified tenants. What are everyone's thoughts of section 8? I've seen some horror stories on YouTube but believe the program can be very ...