Have created list of questions for prescreening tenants that includes questions around estimating monthly income, credit score etc. 1. What’s the message to send tenant on denials based on their responses? (Not meetin...

Good read. And it begs the question, if you're new to the game, how do you prevent professional tenants from moving in and taking advantage of your lack of experience? Indianapolis' worst renter owes thousands, but la...

I have a prospective renter who has a recent DUI. I use the Smartmove app to screen. Does anyone know if the Smartmove flags DUI's. If the app automatically rejects because of DUI, I would not want him to waste his mo...

Hello BP world. Have been following for about a year. But now have a 3 story rental property (i live in one of the units, have 2 other floors vacant) and need help from you all.I posted my property for rent on craigsl...

I'll be listing my house in Aurora, IL  In a few weeks.   I found a realtor with tons of current  listings and past sales who will put me on the MLS for $100. Very high volume realtor.     He also gets $200 of the buy...

Hello everyone,I am new to the tenant search process, I was curious what forum people are using to find reliable tenants?Thanks,Zach

Some counties will only list the pin number, billable owner, and/or parcel number of a property and you are left to research individually each record to ascertain the property address or land use. There has to be an a...

Homeowners association requires background and credit check $50 to renter... I've been looking into Cozy for rent collection and potential late fee reminder but wonder if its worth it- or just have them use Venmo, Zel...

Me and my wife have decided that we're going to use a VA loan to get a duplex for our first property. It would be nice to get some tips from the seasoned landlords in BP.

Here's just a few examples of what ...

Hi there,I'm a California (newbie) landlord, and I've been fortunate enough that both of the places I bought a while ago already had good tenants living in them. However, last week my tenant in Placentia, CA (SoCal) p...