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Bienes Raices Are you allowed to screen tenants by appearance or dress?
25 July 2009 | 18 replies

I don't mean by race or ethnicity but:

If someone shows up to apply covered with tattoos or wearing those pants that hang below the butt, is that enough legally allowable to screen them out? Or do you need to go ahea...

Uwe K. "Evictions ok" type ads?
9 October 2012 | 12 replies

This occupied my mind all day yesterday:
Probably every major city has some kind of free weekly magazines, full of ads, masked as a TV program, and targeted at the African American community, often lower income range....

Ray Trounday What criteria do you use to determine the markets that you invest?
27 March 2012 | 11 replies

I am new investor and would like to pick the brain of folks who invest in real estate. I am particularly interested in understanding what criteria folks use to identify the the potential markets that they invest in.

David A. Do you disqualify a tenant with a criminal background?
18 July 2014 | 18 replies

I am screening a tenant but there are various red flags on the mysmartmove report. First is about a 20k credit card debt but also a 5 year probation for theft $20k. Do you or have you ever accepted a tenant with a ...

Mike Franco WTF service dog? Is this the new trend to get around No Pets?
19 July 2019 | 61 replies

Today I got 2 inquiries from prospective renters with service dogs. One is a chihuahua, and the other inquirer's dog is a puppy, and not even certified yet. It still has 26 weeks of training left before being certifie...

Kenneth Davis Any ideas on offering discounts to attract better tenants and are there any limits to types of discounts?
3 May 2015 | 18 replies

Is it illegal to offer discounts of say, like a $25.00 discount for people who have good credit, discount for having held the same job with the same employer for over a year, a discount for not having any criminal rec...

Zachary Jensen Wife doesn't want to increase rents
8 February 2022 | 117 replies

I'm just about to close on my first rental property (house-hacking a duplex in a small town outside of San Diego, CA).  The previous Landlord raised rents 3-5% every year on this property, so it is currently rented fo...

Petie Ehm Relocating to Denver area and ready to invest!
6 April 2016 | 16 replies

Thanks to Bigger Pockets, I have gained a great deal of enthusiasm for REI and hope to relocate from the east coast to Denver in the next several months. We are close(ish) to retirement -- maybe 5 years -- so our firs...