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Tenant screening: was overseas, SmartMove shows a recent check
I am renting out the ADU behind my home for the first time (my first tenant came with the house when I purchased) and am seeking some advice on tenant screening.I see Landlord Solutions did a credit check about a week...
Andrew Wright
Snapshot of my first 19 months- 5 units later
In 2014 my fiance and I bought our personal residence in Connecticut. Less than a mile from the beach, it was supposed to be the house we raised kids in. Fast forward to the summer of 2016, my wife gets accepted to m...
Yulia Orlov
Mid-term rental to a company
Hello! I have a house that I rent out mid-term, and I always rented it to families etc… I was contacted by a company who wants to rent it for their executive from UK… How do I process it? I can’t run a background chec...
Adrian Easterling
New to REI looking to make $10,000,000 in 10 years
Hello BP Family. Thanks for your time taken to read my post. I'm looking into jumping into REI here in Florida. I'm currently in Clermont, Fl (just outside of Orlando). I'm currently in healthcare and I own two commer...
Kevin S.
Minimum FICO score for new tenants
So I recently had my only tenant give notice, and am about to start the search for a new one. Just wanted to poll BP for what minimum FICO scores you require for applicants, I know this can be area specific, the prope...
Donny Widjaja
Screening criteria
I live in Texas, so I have to comply with the rules for application fee listed on this website.
The website basically stated that "At the time a prospective tenant is given a rental application, the landlord ...
Carlos Lez
tenant in possession of marijuana
I do co-living rentals. So different people in different rooms. I was over at the property to show a vacant room to a prospective tenant. He and both could smell the strong unmistakable aroma of weed from a tenant's r...
Nik Moushon
Potential Tenant with future court date
A quick disclaimer, this potential tenant, we'll call Rose, has other issues with her application that will cause me to not accept her but i'm posing this question to gain some knowledge and opinion. She toured the ho...
Scott Ficek
Help me lower my eviction ratio
I have had a rash of evictions lately for non-payment and it has caused me to look introspectively at what I am doing or not doing when screening these tenants, that may result in me allowing bad tenants to slip throu...
Raul Sai P
Remote owner challenge with Rentals getting consistently trashed
Some background - Around 5-6 years ago, I was getting decent tenants for the most part and a pretty good PM company to manage the rentals in MO state. While I understand that it is part of the game to have a rental pr...