Eryn MacDonald
How much discretion do we have in renting owner-occupied duplex?
We live in the top unit of a 2-family and rent the lower apartment. We were required to take a landlord class when buying because of the mortgage program we used. We got it rented pretty much immediately and those ten...
Zayda Arzen
Portland FAIR Ordinance + Cozy.co for advertising rental
Hi BP friends,I'm advertising my first single family rental in Portland, OR and am having trouble adapting Cozy.co to the new FAIR ordinance regulations. Does anyone know how to do this with Cozy? Specifically, how to...
David Yamamoto
House Hacking - renting bedrooms, screening tenants
Hello folks,
For those that have house hacked while renting out bedrooms to tenants... how do you screen them? This seems a so much more personal when you have to actually share the same living space with tenants. ...
Bryce Ropp
Tenant wants a dog because he says it is a service animal
Hi!I'm a new landlord. I just put a listing on Facebook and got a message from a guy who said he has a service animal and my no animal policy doesn't count. I checked out his profile and he's a trucker and can run ar...
Sam Faas
How do you handle a crimnal conviction that is traffic?
I have a good candidate for a rental who has a traffic convition for not carrying insurance and driving without registration. How would you handle this? Ask them further questions about it? Deny? Accept?Thanks!
Violet Lisa
Applicant did not disclose their emotional dog
I guess my situation is a little unusual - I have a potential tenant who has filled out applications but did not disclose they have an emotional support dog until we mentioned there will be a pet deposit since there w...
Nick S.
Loans "recalled"
Good afternoon, I applied for loans at a lending institution about 1 year ago. They were unable to sell the loans due to an underwriter overlooking certain aspects of the loan. That underwriter was fired after they pr...
Jim Peckey
Requesting help with screening our first tenant!
Hi BP,
As
rookie landlords, we've recently listed our first unit for rent @ $850 per month - an upper 1bed/1bath apt in a duplex that we owner occupy & currently live in the lower unit. We're hoping to get so...
Greg Mckeever
How do you screen your tenants? Do you use a screening service?
Hello fellow investors, First time landlord here. My current tenants which were inherited when I bought the property are moving next month..So now the real challenge of being a first time landlord is approaching, and ...
Cole Simpson
Section 8- Screening
Currently in due diligence on a 18 unit that I plan to convert to section 8 rentals, how do you guys recommend screening section 8 tenants specifically?