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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...