I have 2 questions.... 1. I have a lease template for rental property and the rental agreement does not include/ask for tenant's SSN. I did the background check by asking the applicant to provide their information to ...

Got an email today from my PM stating that one of my tenants has been deported... how does this even happen? lol. Is this something that should have been caught during screening? Tenant was 2 months into their lease.....

I have a possible tenant that called and asked if they can apply if they only have an ITIN number and no SSN.  Does anyone know if it would be a violation of any Illinois, Federal or Chicago laws to find out if they h...

In my 8 years of landlording, I have relied heavily on background and credit checks. But now I have a vacancy and an applicant who is a foreign student at a local college. He does not have a social security number, bu...

Hi all. I've become fascinated with real estate the last couple of months or so and have been devouring BP content. Really excited and want to get my feet wet with assembling a team and closing my first deal. I'm curr...

The tenant application provided by Bigger Pockets has a section for the tenant to list their bank and account # as well as their Visa/Mastercard and #. Im wondering how many people also use this on their application a...

A prospective tenant with (great credit / clean background) of ours has a roommate that is here on a work permit. He has a Tax ID number but no Social Security number. Our current tenant screening company can only sea...

Hi BP familyI was recently approached to invest in the US so I could get a US citizenship through the EB5/E2 visa process. Has any one done this? What benefits and shortfall are there in doing this? Being Canadian and...

I was wondering if it's possible to buy a vacation rental, say in Palm Springs or Maui, with ultimate goal to actively manage it on the ground in the USA and get EB2 visa. EB2 is normally granted if you invest over 10...

Top applicant for a property appears to be a mother-son combo, he is 23 and speaks good English. Both are from Columbia and appear to have come here in the last year or two. Both have SSN, hard-working, blue-collar, v...