An Duong
Steps and costs to start a Real Estate Brokerage?
Hi Bigger Pockets Community,I'm a licensed MA broke. I've been a licensed RE sales person since 2004 and I am now a licensed attorney so I have my broker's licenses as a result. I am wondering what are the steps, pr...
Kevin Waymire
Tenant Screening Ohio
Hello Everyone!What is everyone doing to screen tenants for apartment complexes? Its in Cincinnati Ohio. Anything other than criminal background checks, credit checks, eviction and court records, employment history an...
JC Hoffman
What is Best Advertising/Leasing Software to Compliment QBO?
I am a landlord with 54 units, a few years ago I successfully integrated QBO into my operation and it has really streamlined invoicing and collecting rents as well as filing taxes, issuing 1099's etc. I am looking fo...
Scott Wang
Managing prospective tenant inquiries
I'm a newbie with 3 single-family homes in rural Wisconsin (towns around here have populations under 2,000). I'm in the process of finding a tenant for one of the homes. I stuck an ad on craigslist and quickly recei...
Genna Golden
would you rent to unemployed service worker
I've got a vacant unit I'm trying to rent and most applicants seem to be unemployed or furloughed due to Covid-19.Applicants show several months savings and can do first month's rent and deposit. Some applicants have ...
Daniel Miller
credit-report issues
One thing that was awkward about researching that family last weekend, was that when I pulled the lady's credit report using MySmartMove, it *only* gave me her credit info, not the husband's, nor the family's.
That's...
Tobias Joneses
no fault evictions time to claim relocation costs
I'm in Los Angeles city proper under RSO(Rent stabilization ordinances) I had a tenant who gave 90 days to leave the unit because I had a family member coming to move in. This happened in september 2019, the tenant ...
Brandon Turner
Landlords: Are YOU breaking the law?
http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus49-using-consumer-reports-what-landlords-need-know
Hey everyone,
So I read this online today, and am wondering if others are properly following the law when screening tenants? I...
Sam Rispaud
Anyone have experience getting BGE to move utilities?
I would like to put a garage or parking pad at the rear of a property in Baltimore City however there is a support cable from a utility pole blocking access. Does anyone have experience getting BGE to move something l...
Bienes Raices
Critique my holding deposit agreement
[moderators: sorry I posted this by mistake on the Commercial Real Estate forum and then reposted here. Could you please delete the one on the Commercial forum]
So far, I have been having the tenants pay the holding ...