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Cassidy Burns Tenants w/ Felonies in the PAST
21 February 2020 | 7 replies

Hi BP,Happy Friday! Curious as to how landlords are handling tenants with criminal records in the past (5 years or longer).  I just had a well "financially qualified" tenant apply for one of my SINGLE FAMILY houses.  ...

Charles E. Bruckman Background and Credit Check
13 May 2020 | 4 replies

Hello All,
I have recently purchased a 4 bedroom house and I am beginning my search for tenants. I am curious about running background and credit checks on potential renters. What is the best way to do this? Any tips...

Stephanie Hardy Rent to a gold company?
23 December 2016 | 10 replies

We have a SFH 5bd, 3 ba with pool home in Las Vegas. We have a gold company (NewCastle Gold) wanting to rent our house for a year, at least. From their website, it seems they've been in business since at least 2013 an...

Michele Fischer Turn around time for Tenant Screening Company
25 April 2014 | 10 replies

Our prior tenant screening company provided us a report within an hour or so.

Our new tenant screening company touts same day results in their advertising, their auto-generated reply indicates 8 to 10 hours, ...

Amy Kellogg Inherited Tenants - What to do???
21 April 2009 | 6 replies

Friends:

Thanks to some great info on this site (Mike OH etc), I finally am taking the plunge. I will close on my first investment property in the next 3 weeks.

I have many questions:

The rental is currently occu...

Bill Gulley Felons, Do You Rent To Them?
28 July 2016 | 20 replies

Just read a thread where a landlord said that his instruction to his tenant screening company was to automatically disqualify anyone with a felony.

HUD has this guideline in public housing. In some cases it...

Don Konipol The 5 Most CLUELESS Note Investors I Ever Met
1 December 2024 | 10 replies

It’s probably wrong for us to laugh at people who lack some knowledge - but why would anyone invest in something they don’t even have a basic understanding of?  Here’s the 5 most clueless note investors I’ve run acros...

Luke Carl Thoughts on placing this tenant
11 July 2018 | 17 replies

Great job 809 credit score. 12 hits on criminal record the worst being battery with intent to cause physical harm (3 counts total) and Burglary of a Dwelling. Both of these were in the 90s.
There was another battery ...

Dylan Collier Into: Nomad looking for Advice.
4 July 2016 | 12 replies

Topics: Advice on Investing as a foreigner; local markets, financing, advice for a constant moverLook for underlined sections for a summary. Good afternoon fellow investors,Hope you are all doing well. I would like to...

Moses Brach Should I give up on the $5K assignment fee?
6 February 2019 | 34 replies

I need advice on my recent trouble I’m having with a wholesaler.

As I am new to REI, I moved quickly on what seemed to be a good deal in Ladson, SC, that was being marketed by a wholesaler who, over the phone, seeme...