Greg Scott
HUD offers more protections for criminals trying to rent
In a letter this week Marcia Fudge, Secretary of HUD, indicated that she intends to "reduce barriers to housing among those people with a criminal record". See here for full details. https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfil.....
Chris G.
Rent By The Room Gender/ Age Question
I know most companies and landlords despise renting units by the room, however we have a couple we rent by the bedroom. A couple 4/4 and 4/2, all furnished. Currently we have different male and female units since this...
Logan M.
Vetting Felons, Drug Addicts, Sex Offenders and Poor Credit/No Credit
It is inevitable that when you are in the MHP/Affordable Housing space you will have applicants who are Felons, Drug Addicts, Sex Offenders and have poor credit.Here is how I handle each of them:Felonies: It depends o...
Ika Sargeant
Renting to a someone who runs a counseling group home
I have a property for rent and have been approached by someone who has an LLC that runs a group home, what sort of clauses should I add to the lease agreement? Here I am thinking; liability(I am sure I need an umbrell...
Jennifer Hollstein
Renting a 2BR to a Parent with 2 children of different sex
We have a recently divorced applicant wanting to rent a 2bedroom apartment. He has 2 children boy age 9 and girl age 13. He does not have the children full time but he does weekends and other random weeks.I was under ...
Brett Schickler
Tenants with Service Animals and a no pet policy
Hello, Please forgive me if this is common knowledge. But I'm still learning and I want to stay compliant with a fair housing laws and regulations. I'm an investor in upstate NY I have a vacant unit and a friend sent ...
Terry Hughes
Disclosures to Prospective Renters
During due diligence on a property, I noticed that the SF home next door to the property of interest houses a sex offender. Knowing this information, am I now obligated to disclose this information to prospective r...
Kyia M.
Do you love what you do?
We all know that r/e can be very profitable, but how many of you actually love what you do?
Kristin Ward
Discrimination Issues
My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Florida
I own a small complex, 5 apartments, and recently lost a tenant who was moving out of state. I immediately got two applicants both which I screened usi...
Alessandra C.
Written Rental policy detailing guidelines on Sreening /Application-no criminal history
I am trying to create good policies for Screening Applicants - NO CRIMINAL HISTORY- may be too strict- It is hard to decide and I would like hear what is your experience or input:1) speed tickets- how many infracti...