OK, so, I've got that off my chest.

Here are my gripes, from a tenant's perspective:

All of my rental properties are in Georgia, where I don't want to live. So, whenever I end up in California, I ren...

Why do we still need to fill out a separate application and pay an application fee for every house we want to apply to live in? What would it take to get a service where I fill out an app once and it will forward my a...

We have a house that is harder to rent than our others. It's very clean and in good repair and priced well for our market, but it's older and has some odd features and it's not in the best area. Plus it's a slower ren...

I have an applicant with the above issues. He hasn't yet submitted a formal application (he wrote me a lengthy letter explaining his story), so I don't know his credit history, but I'm unsure whether to proceed even f...

I’m showing a property today and 2 days from nowA tennant offered $150 over rent if he can sight today. But I haven’t shown it to everybody who applied Seems unfair but it’s tempting Legal?What would you do?Thanks

i have a potential applicant that told me during the initial phone call, when asked about rental history, that she is breaking her current lease because her current landlord won't do  adequate repairs after a waterlin...

I have a full time job as im sure most do, so time is valuable. Is there anything wrong with doing a group showing of interested potential tenants? I scheduled 3 showings for 15 minutes each last monday and only one s...

I am close to advertising my rental unit through Zillow. I plan to have tenants pay for the app fee and screen through Zillow as well. Should I note that the owners will be living next door? I’m trying to think if I w...

Must a landlord perform background/credit checks on prospective tenants? I use the standard Texas Apartment Association application and on there it does ask about their background but I'm sure many people lie abou...

Hi BP,

I recently closed on a cash purchase, which I have started making small renovations to get the property rent ready for potential section 8 applicants. While I know that the housing authority will do th...