Suzanne A.
How would you handle inheriting these tenants...
Hi all,I'm under contract on a single family and I will be inheriting the tenants. A husband and wife, and two daughters have been living there since August 2017 and they take great care of the house. They want to st...
Clark Coffey
Ideas to better filter potential tenants needed!
Hello all, I'm so grateful I found this forum and I appreciate everyone's advice. You've all been so helpful so far.
It seems no matter how much I reiterate my application criteria in my ads and in my communications ...
Chuck Greenfeld
Screening Tenants who are not U.S. Citizens
Hello, All!We are fairly new landlords and also new members of BiggerPockets. We own two rental properties in Baltimore, which is a very hot city for med students. I met two potential tenants from Canada today, one ...
Dwayne Buckner
Background checks
I am trying to find the best way to make background checks from my PC on potential renters. I see several companies that offer such services online and don't know one from the other (i.e. Intelius, CriminalWatchdog a...
Alyssa ODell
To Refund or Not to Refund-application fee
Hi everyone!
We bought the BP’s tenant application for Ohio and we’ve run across a couple of questions regarding whether or not we should refund the $40 application fee. First question, why do the documents say the ...
Mikey Kay
credit checks, background checks? what website to use?
What is a fair priced website that gives out all the information you need to run credit checks and background checks?
has anyone had positive experinces with one over another?
mikey
Anthony Antonacci
Self-Managing a Small Multifamily
Hi BP Community,I am evaluating a duplex in the midwest as a long-term investment property. I will NOT be living in either unit but live in town and plan to self-manage the property. This would be my first investment ...
Lindsey Vargas
Do you pay attention to arrests that were dismissed in court?
I have narrowed down my applicants and would like to accept a couple who both have good jobs. I just ran the background check and it came up that the husband has a child endangerment charge that was dismissed and a do...
Matthew Morrow
Children of tenant caught stealing items from surrounding propery
One of our fairly new tenants who previously checked all of our boxes has a minor who has been caught on camera stealing packages and items from surrounding homes. This obviously is a problem, but the only reason we k...
Curtis Bidwell
Why Was The Applicant Rejected?
I work with my local Community Youth Services program providing 2 apartments for them and I do seminars for kids at risk preparing to enter the rental market. One of the client counselors sent me this question this w...