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Results (45)
James Rodgers Success with previously evicted tenants? Anyone?
13 August 2023 | 44 replies

Has ANYONE out there actually had a successful experience with tenants who have had an eviction previously?I pre-screen my tenants by saying "Total household income has to be 3x rent, no pets, smokers or evictions."Th...

Account Closed Math/Finance
20 May 2015 | 51 replies

What's the connection?

I was at a graduation recently where the commencement speaker announced future plans for each of the Math graduates as they received their diplomas. As I expected, many were headed to ...

Darrius Singleton Who do people assume wholesalers are bad or dishonest?
17 November 2017 | 36 replies

I genuinely want to know why people assume wholesalers are bad or dishonest? I am thinking about becoming as a means to get into the real estate arena. I have gone to networking event and hear people talk negatively a...

Benjamin Riehle Can Millennials Achieve the American Dream?
5 December 2016 | 48 replies

My dream when I went off to college was to live for free, and achieve the American Dream of owning my own home. In 2007, I bought my first house in Tucson, AZ. I rented out three of the rooms and at 18 years old I was...

Enyi Ajoku Tenant Smoking Marijuana In Apartment
28 December 2018 | 73 replies

I have 3 young lads who are renting one of my apartments (a 2 unit multifamily) I will use names as Mr A, Mr B and Mr C. Mr A  is signatory to the lease but on the lease is states that MR B and Mr C will also be livin...

Sarah Buchanan What can we legally ask in screening a felon? (sex offender)
10 March 2019 | 49 replies

I had a potential tenant contact me and ask if I accept felons.  I have read that it's illegal (discrimination) to flat out say "no felons" so I asked what the crime was.  He said "sex offender, 16 years ago when I wa...

Brian H. Flight crew / crashed housing
21 August 2016 | 26 replies

Accidentally posted this before in the mobile homes forum...so trying again.

Does anyone have any experience renting out houses as crash pads for flight crews? There's at least one large regional airline and a major...

Art Maydan Avoiding Section 8
8 October 2019 | 99 replies

I bought a duplex that I want to house hack. We just listed the downstairs unit and I’m getting a lot of people asking if we work with Section 8. Can I legally tell them “No” because of the ‘Choose your neighbor” laws...

Seth Williams What makes someone a real estate "Guru"?
5 June 2015 | 52 replies

After hanging around these forums for about half a year now, I've noticed that the word "Guru" gets tossed around quite a bit, and (understandably) not in a good way. It's a label that tends to be used interchangeably...