Felix Sharpe
4 to a Room Too Many???
Hello,Here’s the question: Are 2 sets of full by bull bunk beds too big for a single room?Context: I am furnishing my first STR. I have a 2 bed one bath that I am preparing. I’ll have a king size bed in one room and I...
Bill Zepeda
Isn't this just like student housing...
Hello BP community,I'd like to get your opinion on this one. I have a SFH for rent in a family-friendly neighborhood adjacent to a community college. I was contacted by the head basketball coach from the community c...
Fred Krueger
Background checks on all tennants or just the primary?
Sorry if I'm reposting a question, I couldn't find the answer anywhere. Found tennants for my three BR home. Three unrelated people. Should I run a background check on all of them? And collect the background check fee...
Jered Sturm
Can you deny applicants trying to share bedrooms with kids?
I recently purchased a building with one bedroom apartment so am asking this question hypothetically so that I can approach it correctly if it ever comes up in my screening.
Can you reject an applicant applying for a...
Craig Champagne
Renting a room in a house I'm about to buy
Because it's a room in my house and the new tenant will not be a relative...my question is this...if you create a lease will it stand up legally? A contractor told me if the renter burns down the house with his hot pl...
Lane Register
Who MUST Be on the Application?
I've searched the forums but I can't really seem to find anything on this. I'm the property manager for my parents' mobile home park - it's a small park (9 lots total) and they live on the property as well.We want to ...
Clark Coffey
Screening Question - Requiring all applicants to meet min FICO
Hello all, first time poster and relatively inexperienced single unit landlord. I’m out here in California and I want to make sure everything I do on my screening process is 100% above board in every way. I’m so conce...
Brittany Lindvall
Tenant Renewal & Reconfirming Income before increase
We have a 3 bedroom duplex unit that we rented out for $1300 in March 2021 to 8 people (4 adults). They asked at the initial signing if 8 was the maximum they could have in the unit and we told them it was as it was a...
Tim Coffey
Lease vebiage/2 out of 3 tenants already gone/Landlord notice
So I have a SFH home that I leased to 3 adults in one family (mom, dad, adult son), the lease was up in March and I sent them a renewal, but, even though they said they wanted to stay, since covid hit we could not get...
Chris Ganz
Tenants Vs Occupants
Good evening,I am in the process of writing up a new long term lease for a tenant (1 year), and the thought of tenants vs occupants crossed my mind. Basically for these tenants I had two people listed on their lease ...