Tricia O'Brien
Large PM companies don't give landlord references?
My tenant applicant gave me a landlord reference for a place she lived from from 2016 to 2020 , but the property management company (Alpine Property Management in Indianapolis) is impossible to reach for a reference....
Christina Carroll
How to Collect Application Fees in New York State?
I'm screening tenants for the first time and already in progress using Innago and planning to have tenants pay the background check fee. Unfortunately, I didn't catch that there's a $20 fee limit from NYS - luckily ca...
Diego Maramba
Digital Application Form for Student Housing
Wondering what digital application forms folks use. I have a student rental under contract with a lot of interest from international students. Trying to make the process seamless as possible for them. I am asking for ...
Bryan Clement
Background Checks...... Uh, how do I do this
Hello everyone, rather new to tenant placing. I was wondering what services you all use to do background checks on a tenant? There are several out there and I want to make sure I use a service that is legitimate. Any ...
Benjamin Sulka
Application Before or After Showing?
Hey BP, I've seen people say that you should show your property after a tenant application and I've see people say you should show your property before the tenant actually applies.What is the most advisable way to go?...
Damien Ray
Property management question
Can I charge first months rent for a property that I will be managing that already has a tenant in it or just collect my monthly commission. I need to know if I can charge first months rent for the property that I'm t...
Garrett Blanchard
What is the best background check company
Looking for recommendations of background check companies to use that do best, most extensive checks. Should I charge the possible tenant for this(weed out tire kickers) or should I just pay for them? As always any ot...
Grant Anderson
Rental Applications
Hello all, I have a few rental properties that I manage myself. I have been hearing from some people that I should set up some criteria to base my decisions on. The criteria I have come up with is income must be three...
Account Closed
How to search eviction records for Wake County?
I'm trying to find background info on prospective tenant before showing them a property.It is possible to see if an eviction has begun in public records online? If so, where do I find that info online?I've been scouri...
Randy Barnard
Disputed eviction on a background check
I have an applicant that had an eviction come back on his background check.
When called he stated that it had to be a mistake. My spider sense tells me he is being less than truthful but I’m not 100% sure.
I h...