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Jon Gorman Rookie question about screening tenants
23 July 2020 | 3 replies

Hi All,First timer here in the process of renting out a house. We've been living in a townhouse for the past 5 years and at the end of August moving into a new home we purchased, planning to rent out our current house...

Ralph Noack Abusive tenant now an abusive ex-tenant, and threatening
30 September 2020 | 6 replies

Hey BP, Looking for your best bits of wisdom...We have a triplex in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.We successfully evicted our tenants about 2 weeks ago. The reason for the eviction was because they were smoking cigarette...

Brian K First showing of rental
7 June 2012 | 15 replies

First of all thanks to all the people that gave me advice on advertising. Got a sign in the yard and I'm on craigslist. No less than 5 minutes after post on CL, somebody called my cell. I was laughing and had to tr...

Ken Dillard AirBnB = Media Hype or real concerns?
15 July 2017 | 11 replies

Short term rentals have been around a long time.  Back in the day (longer than I care to admit) everyone looked in the Classified ads for weekly house rentals in Florida to plan their vacation.  In 1992 Home Exchange ...

Mike Healey Income Requirements for Tenant Criteria
5 August 2019 | 9 replies

I am in the process of going through the tenant application/screening process for the first time. Currently I'm writing up some selection criteria and came across a question on income requirements. I went with the sta...

Mark Forest Prospective tenants with a criminal record
26 October 2017 | 11 replies

What is the current law on refusing to rent to prospective tenants who have criminal records?  Thank you in advance.

Joshua Brewer Need advice on some great ways to get a down payment
10 October 2017 | 22 replies

We are interested in the idea of house hacking and getting a multi-family home but how would someone who doesn't have much of a savings account come up with say 40k-70k for a down payment on something like that?

Tom V. Inherited tenant screening. What to do?
19 August 2016 | 14 replies

I'm looking at a duplex today that is half occupied. I realize that if there is a lease in place I need to honor that lease until it expires, but I'm unsure how to handle the screening at first.Say there's 4 months le...

Michael McDevitt Marijuana Question from a Prospective Tenant
4 September 2016 | 12 replies

I live in Colorado, where both medical & recreational marijuana is legal.  Today, I just listed my best rental home on Zillow.  It is in an exclusive neighborhood, and is a very nice large home.  In fact, it will ...

Gabriel H. Naked Tenant Issue in Texas
21 August 2017 | 19 replies

I have a unit in a duplex (in Texas) that's occupied by long term tenants that were there when I purchased the property.  They are an elderly couple and the husband is handicapped.  He can walk with a walker, but it's...