Christian Hutchinson
Tenant Screening
Doing a Rental to two foreign nationals here. Literally been in the USA 10 days. No Driver's License, Credit, SS#, etc. They have Passports from their home country, and Visas for the USA. They have Medical School R...
Peter Fokas
How to screen tenants coming from outside the United States?
One prospective tenant contacted me from the UK inquiring about my rental in NJ. How do I screen someone that is outside of the U.S.?
Catherine Javier
How to screen tenant from abroad & how much security deposit?
Hello BP Community!My spouse & I have 1 LTR with a property manager, all 4 other unit we self manage as furnished MTR. We usually lease our home for 1-3 mos only. We have a new applicant right now and this is for ...
Xuesong Han
F1 Student trying to get a Loan for a duplex.
Hello everyone! I am on a student visa (F1) here in the US. I am working as an Engineer with OPT. As I am trying to purchase my first investing real estate property, I ran into some roadblocks. I have saved up 20% dow...
Jerry Padilla
Foreign Investors in the USA and Getting Approved For Conventional Financing.
Here are Guidelines for Getting Approved for Financing. I hope you find this helpful, as I get many questions on Foreign Investors and Getting Approved For Conventional Financing. NON-U.S. CITIZENS Social Security Nu...
Lori Schaffer
Renting to foreigners
Hello friends, How do you verify creditworthiness/reliability when renting to foreigners? Especially one who speaks a foreign language? Currently, I am asking for landlord references, bank info, etc. Do credit check a...
Ben Naughton
Florida Law on Renting to Undocumented / Illegal Immigrants
I just had what seemed to be a great family of 3 come look at an apartment I'm renting. When it came time to fill out the application they asked if a Passport number (not from the US) would be Ok as they didnt have a...
Alex R.
Choosing between tenant applicants
I've received two applications for my two bed rental condo. The first application was from a nice couple with a one-year-old child. They make a little over 3x rent, have a small dog, and had positive reviews from prio...
Kosh Vokter
rental lease - do you seek SSN and listing household members
I have 2 questions.... 1. I have a lease template for rental property and the rental agreement does not include/ask for tenant's SSN. I did the background check by asking the applicant to provide their information to ...
Paul A.
Renter deported... huh!?
Got an email today from my PM stating that one of my tenants has been deported... how does this even happen? lol. Is this something that should have been caught during screening? Tenant was 2 months into their lease.....