Benjamin Dutil
Liabilitu Insurance won’t cover if I perform background checks!
HI BiggerPockets community. I’m finally launching my property management and handyman business. To protect myself I have requested quotes for general liability insurance. As the Agent asked me questions about the task...
Therese V.
Getting rental application document together
I am getting ready to create a rental application document and would like to know if there are any standard forms available or any that you guys can share?
Anything that I should definitely include and anythi...
Agustin Rossi
Fees for Rental units
How do application fees work for rental units? What are some examples? Do tenants get this money back if they get accepted as tenants and not if they do not get accepted? I know one example of these fees is late rent ...
Mackenzie Wilson
Tenant Background Check
What is the best website / service to do full background and criminal checks of potential tenants? All of my previous tenants have been screened myself and have had no issues until now. My current tenant left with no ...
Mindy Jensen
Known Sex Offender Liability - Are Landlords Responsible?
I've seen a couple of sex offender threads recently, and saw several people mention that a landlord can be responsible if they knowingly rent to someone and they re-offend.Attorneys of BiggerPockets, is this true?
Cristin Andrews
How to handle property manager leasing to person with warrants for drugs burglary etc
Hi. I just went through fixing up my rental that had about 10K damage from previous renters ( in a B neighborhood) in Houston. This is my only property and it is the house I raised my kids in in a nice family neighbor...
Aimee Knier
Section 8 as first applicants... discrimination?
We run background and credit checks on our tenants. The first tenants that applied for a place we have for rent were section 8. We have developed a policy that we do not accept tenants:- with misdemeanors less than 8 ...
Curtis Mears
Is DUI a reason to Reject Renter
I have a prospective renter who has a recent DUI. I use the Smartmove app to screen. Does anyone know if the Smartmove flags DUI's. If the app automatically rejects because of DUI, I would not want him to waste his mo...
Amy Hu
tenant moved out before eviction court date, now what?
Tenant moved out before court date. There's $800 water bill unpaid.Now what? PM said eviction case was dismissed as tenant moved out. So there's no 2nd cause court. I need to file a case at small claim court. Is that ...
Jeff S.
All Oregon landlord rules like city of Portland starting 2022.
New Year, New Laws: Changes to Tenant Screening in Senate Bill 291
By Brad Kraus -December 1, 2021
With the new year fast approaching, Oregon landlords must once again turn their attention to a new law affecting t...