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What to do when you get too much interest in a Unit?
I just listed a 1 Bedroom in my Triplex and I got a tremendous response in less than 24 hours from posting, but a lot of it is junk. Here are the stats.Listed Price: $850 / MoMarket Range: $800 - $975 / MoMy Unit: Abo...
Ella Mai
How to get back my money from a fraud guy - Joshua Jackson
Hi BP,
I'm not the first person who has some serious problems with the same interior designer guy. His name is Joshua Jackson, he owns very small business - Joshua Jackson design in Los Angeles, I found him on Yelp. ...
Alaxic Smith
How do you verify income?
Hello!
I'm a software engineer working on a tool that allows landlords to connect to the bank accounts of potential tenants to verify their income, employment, previous addresses, and their identity. I'm making a po...
Kurt K.
Sex offender in rental unit in Indiana
Hi BPers,I have inherited a four-plex and come to find out one of the renters is a sex offender. He lives there with his wife. I have met them and they seem like nice people. Their lease expires in October this year a...
Matt Heerwald
Proper due dillegence for passive investment opportunity.
My wife and partner are looking seriously at investing 25-50k in a build in central austin. The proforma suggests an 11mo timeline and forecasts 25% profit, with 9% preferred return. What is the proper due diligence...
Joe Cunningham
Tenant won’t do the background and credit check
I have a prospective tenant who applied for my rental property. They met the qualifications and I moved on to the background and credit check. I used mysmartmove.com and sent them the invitation via email to do the ba...
Joe P.
Best Advice/Practices for Tenant Management
One area that I fear I struggle in is tenant management, or lack thereof. I was burned by my last tenant (and really, my own decisions) because I think I allowed some things to spiral out of control.Rent-wise, no exce...
Taylor Robertson
Should I accept this applicanant as tenant?
I have a recent applicant who is relocating to my local area for work. She does pass the qualifications for the most part but I see a few red flags. For one, she told me she doesn't have past landlords to use a refere...
Brent Kiger
Undocumented immigrants as tenants
My question has to do with undocumented immigrants as tenants in rentals. I am considering a small 10-12 unit apartment building a C neighborhood in Kansas City. All the the units are currently occupied, however the s...
Steve Rozenberg
Using Non Licensed People in Your Property.
Will you Use a Non-Licensed Person in Your Property With a Tenant Living There?