I am using Cozy.co to do my background checks among other things. While the credit check normally comes out instantly the background checks are taking up-to 5 days (for someone with past issues). Cozy.co uses another ...

Good morning all, Tightening up my rental process and developing the tenant screening stage. BP wrote a brilliant and informative article on "Tenant Screening" - which I have mostly digested. My question is really to ...

Hey guys just some quick questions.

I am looking to buy my first duplex which I will rent out one unit and live in the other. I will be going for an FHA loan 3.5% down.

#1 - What I'm wondering is if I were to borro...

Would you consider child support as part as someone's income if proper documentation is provided? An applicant is listing quite a large sum of child support, but along with this she is also working full time. Her to...

Wanted to post this to potentially help out any fellow Brevard County Florida landlords who have tenants facing hardship due to the virus and are having trouble paying their rent. I have tenants in Melbourne who were ...

Hi everyone, I hope this is the right sub forum for this.
I'll be showing the two spare rooms in my house to a few possible tenants next weekend and just have a few questions about using MySmartMove (MSM).

I have the...

I received an offer from a prospective tenant to pay an entire year's lease up front. This seemed like a good offer to me, so I had basically decided I would rent to this tenant (before I had checked her background). ...

Every once in a while, I wonder what my passive income is. So I take a piece of scratch paper, write down my sources of passive income, guess what my passive income is from each source. I only guess because I don't wa...

Since 1996 I have followed through on my personal commitment to represent the best interests of my clients throughout their real estate transactions, and after the closing.Today, success is determined on experience...

Hello everyone, I have received a application from a tenant who has bad credit. 574 scoreShe makes extremely good money, 8k per month offshore. Should I make her give a larger deposit?have a cosigner?move on and find ...