How do you screen international applicants? Are there special clauses added to the lease, such as additional deposit requirements, etc, in order to rent to international applicants? I have some very nice international...

Hey guys! So I am new to BP and I absolutely love it--especially the forums that answer practically about any question that comes across someone's mind. You guys rock! So, I just graduated college almost a year ago an...

I am running into an issue with my student rental applicant screening process. For years, I have relied on my ability to read prospective tenants and make the best choice from that information. Going forward, I would ...

A college student called who wanted to see the place. I asked him if one of his parents was going to be the cosignor and he said no. I told him that I needed gross income to be at least 3X the monthly rent and he said...

Hi everyone. This is probably a really dumb question, but I figured I'd ask a forum full of intelligent and experienced landlords rather than fly blind.We've just started to advertise our first rental property and we'...

I got a tenant application today where the girl came to see the property and is interested to rent it. Her fiancé is right now out of town and could be back after about 20 days she said. She is supposed to be student....

I've had a multi-family rental near Syracuse University that I've rented to grad and law students mostly without incident for the past 12 years. However my last batch of tenants struggled to pay on-time every other mo...

First applicant for my first property just arrived.  1BR/1BA condo, has been on the market for roughly 40 days with no serious inquiries until today.  I'm thinking the reason I haven't been getting any hits has to do ...

I checked out my trans-union report, and it said that like a measly $7,000 in sallie mae loans that I took out a few years ago are utilizing 48% of my revolving credit. Isn't that going to hurt me when it comes time t...

If I have student debt and poor credit, should I focuse on repairinng my credit before investing in rental properties or can I use an LLC to build a separate line of credit? Or any advice on getting started with debt....