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Hello! My fiance and I just purchased our first property and look forward to renting it out in the near future. I wanted to get some insight on a few things. 1. Is it unusual/excessive to require first, last and depos...
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Hello All,Was searching online but haven't seen a recent thread/post in a while on this and since these services change often would love to hear what you use when screening tenants. Ideal features:
Credit report (pre...
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I have an applicant with an emotional support animal, a dog that is over 50 lbs. My rental requirement state small dogs only (under 50lbs) with a non refundable one time fee and a small monthly pet fee. My understandi...
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Hello, we have decided to start accepting Housing Vouchers. However, we have one pressing question. How can we verify or validate a Housing Voucher? On our application, we request the applicant to submit a copy of the...
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application fee for a rental at capped at $20, so not sure which service to use as all the services charge way moreany help would be appreciated
A prospective tenant showed up today and their monthly household income is 1.9x rent and have additional incomes social security, job disability income etc ,income with this additionals comes close to 3x (little less...
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Hello BP community,I am a newbie landlord and I have rented one of my units (SFH with 3 bedrooms/2 baths) to an older couple and their adult daughter. They have been wonderful tenants so far. The mom recently told me ...
Just curious about who everyone uses as a background check service. I've tried to find one online but they all seem scammy. Do y'all charge your prospective tenants to run the check?
Hello all,
I am interested to receive feedback on what you feel are the most common complaints that you hear from renters (whether they are yours or just people you may have met). I would also be interested to hear ...
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We self-manage 55 units that we own and are looking to expand. However, we use multiple ways to collect rent, e-sign leases, send applications, record payments. We are wanting something that it can all be done through...