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Beau Pearson Two adults and only one meets credit qualification
24 December 2017 | 6 replies

If you had a standard of 600 credit score and two adults fill out applications, with only one having enough credit to qualify, what do you do?

John Ivicevic Do Banks Finance Down Payments?
1 August 2014 | 2 replies

Hello BP,Has anybody had any experience with getting a bank loan to invest in real estate? I don't mean a mortgage I mean maybe a 20K loan just to cover most of the down payment or something like that. I'm struggling ...

Cheryl C. How to "income qualify" a section 8 tenant?
21 June 2011 | 20 replies

What ratio's do you LL's use to qualify a section 8 applicant? I have a prospective tenant with a voucher for $1,575 (the rent amount) and an SSDI income of $908/yr. This person also receives food stamps in an unkno...

Lacee Beitler Denial of applicant on expunged criminal charges??
28 February 2018 | 5 replies

Buckle up. You can’t make this stuff up.

We have an applicant who had the following 4 charges expunged from her record:
-aggregated assault
-burglary
-criminal attempt - CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
-conspiracy- aggravated as...

Joseph L. Need guidance in Baton Rouge, La Multi family search
1 October 2013 | 5 replies

Hello Everyone,

I've currently been on the market for about a year looking to purchase an owner occupant 4-unit multi family home. It's been such a huge challenge in doing so. My first deal was a short-...

Andrés Medina Privately Financed Mortgage Notes
12 July 2017 | 2 replies

My parents are facing the following situation, looking for help.They bought a home in May of 2000. Privately financed mortgage from the owner that they bought the house from with balloon payment due in 10years at 8% r...

Paul Lee seeking eviction attorney post-LA moratorium that's not Dennis Block
29 July 2023 | 1 reply

hi,
I have a non-paying tenant who has not been cooperating but I ended up with the worst combination of poor representation and a judge who was willing to break the law in favor of the defendant. I used Dennis Block...

Mike S. ACH processing time improvements and Cozy, Venmo etc.
20 September 2017 | 6 replies

My bank notified me that the NACHA ( ACH administrators ) will be improving ACH processing times to same day or close to same day.  Goes into effect right around now. Just curious if Cozy, Venmo, or other 3rd party se...

Deborah R. rental applicants with bad credit -give them a chance to explain?
22 June 2017 | 13 replies

I am managing our first property by myself for the first time.  I am doing it "by the book" - Brandon Turner's book.   Rent is $1500/month for this SFH.  I have two applicants (single mom and a couple) who seemed grea...

Brian Anderson Property Manger Background Check Negligence
21 March 2022 | 1 reply

Hello,I hired a property manager to list, find tenants and manager the property.  The property manager brought us a person and showed they had 800 credit score.  I selected them and we ended up having to evict them.  ...