Curtis Mears
Is DUI a reason to Reject Renter
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...
Dave Mustaine
Selling house - flat fee MLS or full service agent
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...
Ryan Bird
Prescreen Tenant - denial
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...
Jennifer Bowen
How to prevent a professional tenant
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...
Account Closed
What to expect when buying and owning a duplex?
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 ...
Kool K.
1st post as landlord :) Can i get in trouble prescreening tenants
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...
Rohan J.
Trying to find my first tenant... need help
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...
Mags S.
Processing Rental applications
Hi BPs. I am renting a sfd after a long hiatus. I have received a great deal of interest and so how do you handle processing multiple applications? (I'm using BP rental app). If you receive several apps, do you run ...
Rickey Wiley
On the lookout ... Quality Tenants
In need of advice, So this will be my 6th rental property - all multi-family. Majority have had long term tenants (who still live there now). This will be only the 1st time I've had to fill a unit and I know obtaining...
Ray Jansma
Multiple tenants screening
I can't seem to find a concrete answer on this: If I have multiple applications that fill out a tenant profile can I choose which one I believe would possibly be the best tenant before processing that application fir...