Ben Dao
What would you charge for Pet Deposit ?
I have never accepted pets before. But I am considering it as it can open it up to more tenants for me. I also do not have carpet in this unit. It is all laminate floors. What should I charge? I was thinking like $200...
Brian K
Credit Checks
OK one more question for the landlords today and I should be good to go. I know I need to do credit and background checks but I haven't seen on any of the sites that provide them how they actually work. I would assu...
Jonathan Guerrero
Screening tenants/handling paperwork
Hi everyone, my name is Jon. I hope everyone is well. I am a newbie with my first ever property under contract. I wanted to be preemptive and see if anyone would be willing to give advice on how experienced investors ...
Account Closed
What is the application fee needed for?
When you are a landlord and you have a tenant fill out a tenant application, why do they have to pay you an application fee? Do you get to keep that? Do you give it back?
Won Lee
Best Place To Find Renter Application Form and Lease Agreement???
Hi, I just closed on my 1st rental home and will close on 2nd rental in 3 weeks.Where is the best place to buy/download a good rental application form?(I didn't like some of the wording on the free one from BP).Same f...
Kevin Kaczmarek
Landlording Best Practices
I would love to hear from the BP community what they believe are best practices of being a landlord? We are in the process of updating our documentation and procedures, and I want to make sure we are not missing anyth...
Meleana Tuimoala
Security Deposit hold
I have someone coming to bring a deposit to put my rental on hold for them for March 1st. Which is about 3 weeks away. $500 of the deposit is non-refundable. If he ends up changing his mind and wants to refund his mon...
Ephrem Bekere
House hack question and advice
I just bought a single family to house hack using fha in Lancaster City, PA area and I'm looking for roommates. What are your screening tips and any other advice you might have for me? How do I know how much to charge...
Justin C.
Correct verbiage for turning down applicants
Hello BP, I've had a busy week showing our SFH and accepting rental applications. I have 3 applications... 1 solid one that I would love to have and who would be perfect. The other two I honestly dont feel would be ...
Douglas White
First Rental, overwhelmed
Hey BP So I bought my first rental investment property. I closed on it about three weeks ago and I just finished my rehab phase. I put it for rent last night already have had about 15 some acquires and now I’m getting...