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Daniel Suarez Renting to sex offender
17 November 2024 | 32 replies

I am in the process of screening a potential tenant, he told me he had a felony from 15 years, he offered to explain but I didn't wanna push unless necessary. After doing a background check on him I found out he is re...

Brendan M. Flexible Tenant Selection Criteria?
16 June 2015 | 9 replies

I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...

Brook Rieman Inheriting a "sexually violent predator against children" tenant
23 October 2018 | 73 replies

We had our offer accepted on our first rental property and after looking up the current tenants, we've got a convicted, registered sexually violent predator against children in this triplex. Repeat offender. Anyone de...

Jessica Wygal Postcard Design - Feedback Needed
24 May 2018 | 13 replies

I know postcards/mail outs are kind of a dated concept but I am new and willing to try anything to produce leads at least once. What do you think of the design I created below? Should I add a photo? I will obviously a...

Matt Sterling Would you buy an 8 unit with a sex offender as a tenant?
7 December 2016 | 81 replies

I was all set to make an offer on a 8 unit(4 modular duplexes) last Monday 'til I found out there was a sex offender in one of the units Sunday night.  I looked up his court case and found out it was for 4-5 years of ...

Frank Fiore Jr Application Fee - Massachusetts - A No No? O the Drama!
2 March 2014 | 19 replies

Hello.....

Well it has come to my attention that charging an application fee in Massachusetts in not legal? Or shall I say BREAKING THE LAW! Looking for confirmation? Anyone?

In this situation; I finall...

Erik K. Do your own tenant screening?
27 June 2016 | 5 replies

Hello everyone,Lots of tenant application/screening services can be seen using a Google search. There are so many that I'm deadlocked due to the excessive freedom of choice! Plus, there are no trustworthy reviews of t...

Sawyer Smith Scariest objects found in a property.
10 February 2021 | 44 replies

This past week when checking on something in the attic of one of our active rehabs, our handyman gave us a call explaining how he had found some pretty disturbing items. When he had been in there a month prior, the pl...

Robert P. Which tenants would you choose?
31 May 2016 | 14 replies

Debating on which tenants you would choose. Leave your feedback! We have amazing 1st floor tenants and I think we are comparing everyone to them which is sort of hurting our judgment on people.Tenant A:Young couple (m...

Joshua Dorkin Rights & Responsibilities of Landlords in a Post 9/11 Wo
27 April 2005 | 2 replies

I found the following and thought everyone should read this:

Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Residents in Preventing Housing Discrimination Based on Race, Religion, or National Origin in the Wake of the...