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Jonna Weber Income Requirements for Tenants
9 January 2014 | 14 replies

Hi BP experienced Landlords - What are your typical income requirements from tenants? I historically have required a tenant's gross income to be at least 3 times the monthly rent, but I'd like to know if there is any...

Jeremy Marek Your rental/ open house policy
12 June 2018 | 9 replies

Question for you Landlords out there: What is your process for showing a unit and screening tenants? I have heard that some landlords require an application and background (which would include a fee) before they will ...

Juneka Roswell My house won't rent. HELP!
17 March 2023 | 27 replies

Looking for advice. We currently own a 4bd 2ba single family home. We constructed the home to add a granny suite. So now it's a 3bd 1ba and studio granny suite. It's time to put on the market and we can't get the home...

Conor Neville When to approve tenants?
22 January 2025 | 7 replies

Hi all, first time landlord here and I had a quick question on the approval process for potential tenants. I have my property up on Zillow and have had quite a few applications. I have been waiting until I meet them a...

Tyler Holzer What (if any) utilities/upkeep do you have your tenants pay?
17 April 2019 | 3 replies

I am buying a duplex this summer for the purpose of a house hack. I will live in one unit and rent out the other. I am not sure if I should have my tenants pay all of their own utilities directly, or if I should pay t...

Tarcizio Goncalves First time listing an apartment for rent
15 June 2018 | 7 replies

Hi BP community, I wanted to get some help with 5 questions I had regarding listing my apartment. First question:I am listing my rental apartment for the first time. I bought the landlord forms for my state on BP and ...

Bienes Raices Ques. about how FICO scores are generated
21 February 2013 | 2 replies

I recently had a rental applicant who had credit history going back at least five years. There were 18 items in collection, none current. But the Transunion report didn't give a FICO score--it said there wasn't enough...

Derek G. Real Estate Development Acquisitions Planning and Zoning Approval
7 August 2020 | 2 replies

What documentation is typically needed for planning and zoning? For example you have renderings, feasibility studies and presentation. Is this presented to the city prior to acquiring a property during the due diligen...

Bradley Flume Not getting the applications and Tenants
8 December 2019 | 3 replies

My current situation is that my rental properties are not getting rented! I get over 20-30 Calls, TXT or Facebook messages, but when sending applications or scheduling then I am  getting no show/ghosted. Two propertie...

Sandy Uhlmann Should I still ask for SSN if I plan to screen using SmartMove or other tenant initiated screening service?
11 January 2014 | 3 replies

I am using a pretty standard rental application form (Nolo) which asks for SSN. I was wondering if I should still have prospective tenants fill this out if I plan to use tenant initiated screening services such as...