Hey guys,the background check that I ran on one applicant that I have returned with 2 housing claims in one year. As I confronted the applicant with these claims, she was surprised and claimed that it must be someone ...

I am developing a tenant application and am a little uneasy asking for personal information.  Many applications I reviewed while developing mine asked potential tenants for bank and credit card account numbers and bal...

Whenever I show the house I get people to do the paper application if they are interested. After I verify everything I send them the link for the SmartMove and it just sits there. I tell them before hand that I wil...

im about ready to make my first investment. ive analyzed the market in the area im looking. checked into the economy, browsed houses in that area. ive also done many calculations on my financial situation to ensure i ...

Hello, I am a newbie landlord and is wondering how to verify income for self-employed people? Tax return? Please advise!

I have a prospective tenant that is eager to move b/c he is living out of a hotel now (in the midst of a divorce; divorce hasn't finalized yet).He hasn't started the application process yet but when I mentioned cost t...

Just wondering if there could be any issues with unknowingly renting to illegal immigrants. As a landlord, are we responsible for inquiring as to their citizenship? Could we get into trouble legally if we don’t?

The person who is potentially leasing our condo is wanting to verify our ID that we own the condo.  He asked for a copy of our drivers license.  I have reservations about giving someone I don't know a copy of my ID.  ...

We always hear about the nightmare tenants from hell so I thought I'd post about my dream tenants from heaven.

They have rented from me for over two years. Never late. and they've taken very good care of the place.
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