Ryan L Grinstead
Standards for your tenants. What are your minimums?
What are the minimum standards you set for tenants applying for your rental properties? Obviously following fare housing laws. For my area it is a lower income area. Not the best part of town.
Philip L.
Tenant Screening with rent to own
Doing a open house this Saturday for my first rent to own property - When it comes to tenant screening what advice can you give me so I find the right tenant?
Koel Gaylord
Tennent Screening Question
Hello BP,
I have heard horror stories from landlords who have had several applicants apply for the same property. While it is in the best interest of the landlord to accept an applicant who has the means to p...
Ronald Perich
Screening is critical - How close I came to a dangerous felon
OK, alleged felon.I bought a nine-unit complex a few months back and it came with some interesting residents. Many of them are good people who put up with an inattentive owner. The previous owner was in her eighties a...
Sohil Shah
Renter asking to add another person on the lease
Have a renter who already signed the lease. Now she wants to add the another person on the lease who is staying in the house with her. Is this a red flag and how do I handle this? The lease was approved in her name. S...
Cal C.
List of why some Landlords don't screen tenants
I thought it would be fun to come up with a list of why some landlords don't screen tenants. Obviously, I'm trying to convey to new landlords the absolute need to screen.
1. The LL's are blithering idiots
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Marcello Di Gerlando
Adding optional paid activities to my mountain STVR rental.
I'm exploring the idea of offering optional paid activities to my guests like personal chef, back country skiing, mountain climbing lessons, UTV rentals, horse back riding, fly-fishing and the like. Our STR is on the ...
Michael C. Trippi
Best tenant credit/background checks for free?
What is the best way for a new landlord to screen a tenant's credit, financials, and background for free?We are new landlords searching for a first tenants and want to start off right.
Paul Bogard
House hacking in Philadelphia
Hey guys, was considering house hacking here in Philadelphia - Pennsylvania.
Got approved for a mortgage, found a local real estate agent and started visits.
The best way to cash-flow here seems to rent out bedroom...
Ashley Shearer
Property Mgmt - First Right of Refusal Program for Maintenance?
Has anyone come across their property management company creating a "First right of refusal program" for maintenance requests? Our property managers are trying to get us to sign a new clause stating that if we want fi...