Just a couple of newbies here...My business partner and I have our sights set on an off market deal in our neighborhood. She has started to google around and dig up tax information, mortgage, liens, and judgements.Is ...

Hey BP community, I was screening applicants and one of the background checks have something that’s not necessarily a “red flag” butI want to ask them to provide a few more details on something in their background ch...

Hello, Could somebody refer me to a strong background check resource or vetting process? I own one rental property, which I've had for 6 months. At this point my background checks and vetting process consists of searc...

I have reviewed the Smart move service and am not sure that I like the whole "email the tenant" approach. Who do you use?  why do you like them?  How much do they charge?

Hi Folks,
We have a 4 BR coming on the rental market in Bethlehem PA soon. This is our first non-weekly rental unit and I was wondering what other landlords do regarding credit scores and background checks, ie what a...

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...

Hi everyone,I want to have tenants complete their own background check and screening. What is your favorite website that provides these reports to landlords?Thanks!Jay

I'm trying to decide how to do my background checks. Does rentprep and zillow charge their fees per applicant or is that fee for the entire household?
I was going to use Rentprep and from what I can tell that is a pe...

Hey Guys,I recently received an application from a potential tenant and ran his credit/criminal history using mysmartmove.com. This person has a very generic name (e.g. John Smith) and the criminal history came back w...

Hey crew,

I figured this would be he best spot to ask...

I am looking for a realtor with investing experience to help guide me through my investing ventures. I thought I had a keeper after I purchased my first prope...