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I am about to list my first rental property and am trying to decide how to screen potential tenants. Before taking any phone calls, showing the property or going through the application process, I want to vet potenti...
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I have been struggling with this question for a while now and am not sure what the best course of action is. There are pros and cons of both.Pro of using a realtor:In NYC the landlords generally doesn't pay the realto...
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Hello everyone, New investor here, I like the idea of house hacking and am in the process of getting my first property to house hack.However my fear has always been how to get folks to fill up the extra rooms especial...
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Ready to rent and has received a few applications. Nightmare comes when we try to screen criminal /credit /eviction. We tried verticalrent.com and Mysmartmove.com. They both require tenant to fill in information thems...
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Hello Community!I am conducting a research on the housing market in the USA. If you have purchased a home or are in the process to buy and are willing to answer some questions please reply below:
In the past months, ...
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Hello all,Tenant just moved into the property 4 days ago and now claims that significant other just arrived from South America and would like to add them to the lease. Would you require a rental app, pay rental fee, r...
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I've had a duplex for the last 10 years and just bought another property. I have to fill one of the apartments in my duplex this summer. For the past ten years I've been able to rely solely on my personal network, ema...
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Just posting to see if anyone else can relate to this.In the process of buying my 2nd rental unit...a fannie mae. I am buying all in cash and under the same llc which I purchased my first unit under.Well so far I have...
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I am just about done setting up my LLC, Does anyone know if you need a business license or seller's permit in Virginia?
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I have used cozy for background checks and they seem to take a really long time. I have a prospective tenant that sent his information about a week and a half ago and it still hasn’t come back yet. I had a guy previou...