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Hi AllI have a tenant who is self employed and she just started her business, since it is difficult to establish her income, she offers to prepay 3 month in advance for a 1 year lease. So she will put down 1st 3 mo...
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I just got a new investment property, there is this potential tenant, single parent with four kids, the eldest daughter is 24 yrs old, the tenant was upfront about a rocky credit, but when I ran the application the c...
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I am looking to fill my first rental! I have a potential tenant that has been self-employed for the past few years. She claims $4,000 monthly income. How would I verify that? Am I allowed to ask for tax returns, bank ...
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Greetings,How much and what type of information is a property manager allowed to share with a landlord? Very best,Paul
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I’m currently fixing my house up it’s almost done in a week or so. The house is fully paid off. The question I have is:1. How/where do you go about posting your listing for rental2. How are you screening potential ten...
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Getting ready to rent my first property!
I've been reading up on the process to go from advertisement to signed lease. I feel I have a good handle on the basic best practices and will be listing the property on Zillo...
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I recently received an application from someone who is self-employed. They are claiming significant income but I have no company to call other than the applicant herself. Should I request a tax return, bank statement,...
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Has anyone used the vacant to value program in Baltimore to buy properties? Does the application process take long? I would like to use the program to rehab a property for rent. On average how much does it cost to r...
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Hello. We have a unit available January 1 and just started showing it this week. Received five applications already. Just wondering any advice or tools people are using to more deeply screen/select tenants? In NJ, we...
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My wife is a realtor (sole proprietor ) and has $0 income so far. I'm a full time employee. We usually file taxes jointly. Can we apply any of her deductions to our combined income? Or will her "business expenses" onl...