Travis Rush
Rent by Room- Inappropriate Tennant Behavior
Hello all, I'm a new investor renting my first property out by the room and I need some advice on a difficult situation. There are three tenants in the single family home.I recently received troubling reports form Roo...
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Landlord causing my wife trouble, please need advice
My wife has been renting a 2 bedroom home with a month to month lease for 5 months. She has been a perfect tenant, she's clean and takes good care of the home. She has never been late on a payment, never has done dama...
Paul Sandhu
Would you rent an STR to these women?
Background: Next month the largest maintenance operation in the history of the refinery in my town is going to start. It'll take 6-8 months. My towns population is 9500. From start to finish of this operation, the...
Doug Sah
Tenant Screening: Too strict?
I currently have no properties but will be building my portfolio of multi unit properties this coming year. As I have been trying to learn about tenant selection I have found myself in a ironic predicament, I applied ...
Erik W.
Qualify first time renters
I manage what I call "Class C" homes defined as "clean, safe, and functional." These are not fully rehabbed and may be somewhat dated, but for someone on a budget they can be an excellent choice.I often get a lot of ...
Stanley Li
Big or small Real Estate companies to sell property with?-Niagara
We have a fairly new property (4 bedroom 4 washroom, not including basement, <3 years old, all sides brick-walled detached home) in Niagara Falls, Ontario, 1 min drive from QEW high way, and are considering selling...
Bill Gulley
Felons, Do You Rent To Them?
Just read a thread where a landlord said that his instruction to his tenant screening company was to automatically disqualify anyone with a felony.
HUD has this guideline in public housing. In some cases it...
Tony Ngo
Tenant wants to add in husband with criminal record - need advice
Current situation, I rented a duplex out to a single mom with kids two months ago. She's on section 8. Section 8 pays 100% of the rent. I received a letter from section 8 saying that she got married so she'll need ...
Sam Liu
Closed an occupied REO but can't find out who lives there
I just closed an occupied REO SFH in California last week. I drove by the house but it seemed no one lived there. From the windows, I saw there was a big mess inside the house: very dirty carpet; old and dirty furnitu...
Andrew S.
Tenant's boyfriend moved in
Happy Monday BP, I have a good tenant who has moved in her boyfriend. I was notified after the fact. They have been a good tenant for ~8 months into a 12 mo lease and have discussed renewing the lease in other conver...