https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-state-supreme-court-upholds-seattles-first-come-first-served-law-for-renters/The Washington state Supreme Court has upheld Seattle’s first-come, first-serv...

Hey BP!How do you guys handle applications for your rental for couples? Do you make both of them fill out an application? I know both have to be on the lease, but the 3 reports I request cost $55 to run so I'm just fe...

With so many "experts" on Section 8 pushing courses out there right now I was tempted to get into Section 8 rentals. I would use a property manager to manage them as I only have experience with traditional rental prop...

Bought a house for 31k, put about 3k into it, now trying to rent it for 775more with pet. It may be slightly high. Have had a ton of interest, calls, but it's not rented yet.

The problems I'm running into are:
1. Eve...

Does anyone know where I can find a checklist of all the things I need to do before taking ownership of a 14 unit apartment building?  I will get the keys in about 60 days.  I have never been a landlord before. Thank...

I'm curious where the rest of you fall in terms of charging application fees on open units.  In the past, I have allowed tenants to apply for free.  After selecting my top candidate I have them complete a background/c...

Please Answer and comment back in an itemized fashionI don't do the ONE AT A TIME concept that HALF of the biggerpockets community seems to suggest.I do a scheduled showing, 2 hour period and whoever wants to apply, c...

Was browsing the forum and saw something I hadn’t thought about.With a 3x income requirement, how do you account for the fairly large number of prospective tenants who are in areas like sales, where their commissions ...