I manage a small apartment community (35 units) in a highly sought after part of town. Our rental agreements are now month-to-month, which has given tenants the flexibility to move in the event of a job loss or illnes...

Would you ever consider an applicant who talked about (as to why they are moving) how they had to withhold rent and take their previous landlord to court (I'm not sure who initiated actually), even if they were comple...

Just wanted to poll the audience about something that was brought up in a recent episode of the podcast (ep. 356).The guest mentioned that, as part of his extensive Section 8 application process, he conducts an inspec...

I just wanted some input on how to best screen tenets, I simply email them some questions and an application (pdf) and ask them to fill it out, most of the time they don't respond ( my though is because they don't hav...

I have two potential tenants currently and am weighing my options. Both report a good income  well over >3x monthly rent, but both have criminal background history and low credit score (upper 500s). How should i we...

Hi folks,My wife and I have our property listed, created screening criteria, have done a few showings, and we have 2 applicants so far. Like everyone I'm looking for the elusive perfect tenant, but both of these appli...

I'm looking at a duplex today that is half occupied. I realize that if there is a lease in place I need to honor that lease until it expires, but I'm unsure how to handle the screening at first.Say there's 4 months le...

My wife and I just added our children to the deed of our house, which we currently have a mortgage on. We also happen to be in the middle of applying for a HELOC with the same mortgage lender. We started the applicati...

This past weekend we had two different applications for two different properties that had one thing in common. Both applicants submitted totally fake W-2s. You can’t just rely on automated screenings.  You really need...

Hi AllI am a STR expert but new in the long term rental game. My previous LTR were professionally managed and Im trying to do it myself this time.Questions: What kind of application do you have them fill out?What tena...