Reprinted with permission of John Michael

1. Find a home to lease option. You need to show 12 months of payments on time. Try for an 18 to 36 month lease option. There are many resources to help you locate lease opt...

I'm still building my buyers list and am utilizing several places.

Now I always see many of you here in your discussions and notice practically all of you are very very particular about your tenants when you screen ...

I don't have much experience with tenant screening but I came across something today that I can't figure out.I pulled a credit report from TransUnion / SmartMove on a potential tenant.  They recommend that I accept th...

Hi, my name is Tariq Hakeem. I live in Denver Colorado, I have been studying and reading RE books for 9.5 months, any pointers on best ways to get skin in the game. I have read about the BRRRR process and it is very i...

This is my first question for BiggerPockets.   I have a family friend that is interested in renting one our units.  I am pretty sure she has poor credit history since I know she has a car repossession last November.  ...

Quick question.. I just advertised my first rental. I plan on doing credit and background checks, along with verifying references and employment and making a visit to where they are living currently and see how they ...

I've seen a lot of people on FB complaining about a new rule saying those with a 620 FICO score get a 1.75% discount and those with a 740 FICO score will pay 1%. This sounds really unfair but is misleading. What's hap...

where do the people with bad credit, etc. rent?

Has anyone ever come across a tenant with Zero credit? nothing good or bad. Just nothing. Everything else seems legit with the possible tenants except their credit. Their explanation was that they have never financ...

can i get a loan or money from private lenders even if i don't have a good credit?