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Mike S Asking about children on application
24 March 2014 | 10 replies

Am I allowed to ask about children, how many, and ages? Sorry to be brief but my phone is blowing up on our very first rental and I don't want to violate fair housing.

Daniel Pearson Asking for names and birth dates of minors on lease
6 December 2023 | 9 replies

Hi all! My wife and I have an ADU in our basement and we're getting ready to get our third family in there as our current tenants are moving soon. We're wondering if there's any law that would prohibit us from request...

Allende Hernandez Do you run screening in all the potential tenants?
22 January 2025 | 16 replies

Hello folks,When running BGC and other reports on potential tenants and having applicants pay for them, do you run them for all? Let's say it's a family of 4, do you make them all pay for the aprox $40-$50 screening p...

Davit Gharibyan Applicant put a shelter as his current address
26 March 2023 | 9 replies

Hi,An applicant put a Salvation Army shelter as his address. I have called and verified that he lives there. According to them he had to take care of some financial responsibilities while there, now he is ready to tra...

Catie Fihn Splitting Utilities Amongst Tenants
25 October 2023 | 7 replies

Hi!  Newbie landlord in Wisconsin here.  My husband and I are currently getting tenants in for our first duplex.  The duplex currently only has 1 meter for utilities.  
How do I go about charging the tenants for thei...

Jacqua Le Fleur Minimum Occupancy Enforcement - HELP
6 July 2017 | 14 replies

Greetings all. Quick question. I want to make sure that I am correct in upholding my occupancy limitation of 2 people for my 1 bedroom rental property. I read the Fair Housing Memo which outlined their interpretation ...

Erica Thau Gifting a rental property to a child
18 April 2021 | 2 replies

In California, looking to see the best way to gift a rental property to a child and best way for both parties to avoid as much tax as possible. Thank you!

Champ Leong What's the best property for kids?
1 December 2022 | 6 replies

What is the best type of property to rent to a family with young kids when you know the kids are normal, destructive kids? What type of property will hold up best long term? 

Moises Guerra Garcia How many people can I fit in an SF-6-NP zoned property?
3 October 2022 | 2 replies

Hi! I am trying to house hack here in Austin, TX in the Highland neighborhood, but I do not want to break the rules either. I want to gain an understanding of how many people can I fit in a single property.Property st...

Ryan Larsen Student Housing Properties
7 October 2019 | 12 replies

I’m closing on my first student housing property this coming week. The property has 10 room and 4 bathrooms. Some room for an additional 2 rooms in the finished basement and a garage conversation to a duplex on the pr...