Samantha Teal
Newbie help - background checks - unique situation w multistate
Hello all! Spent way too much time in the last day reading up on all of the tenant screening resources - wow there are so many options!! Looking for your input and your results!! We are landlords in WI - so we’ve alwa...
George Cen
Have applicants/renters run their own credit reports?
Hey, I'd like to get both landlords' and renters' thoughts on this. During the application process, I believe it is beneficial for both the landlord and the renter to have the renter be the one that runs his/her own r...
Dilini Sundaram
Preliminary screening when there are so many showings
We typically have many showings per rental property resulting in many applicants. Our online application is 55 per signer. In many cases families are fronting over 100 to apply. I can only accept one applicant. I alwa...
Chloe Nave
Professional Tenant Screening Worth the $$$
As a new investor looking to lease purchase properties to potential home owners I am so glad that I invested in a professional tenant screening service to find the best possible candidates. Here's my story of how I al...
Mike Davidson
Tenant moving out after 6 years - Need Help
When the tenant first rented with me in 2013, I had a property management. Two years into it, I fired my property management company and have had this tenant since. She has been a wonderful tenant the entire time. I h...
Kevin Stolarski
Properly rejecting a rental candidate
Hey Everyone- So I am new landlord and am very close to getting my first tenants in my rental unit. My dilemma is I had two groups send in applications at the same time, pass background & credit check but one gro...
Linda Thomas
Would you consider this a red flag?
Potential tenant. Meets the 3x rent requirement. Only source of income is ssi and ssd for herself and 2 other family members. Is this normal for 3 people in one household to receive. I was planning on giving her the a...
Steve Tse
Legal info about a tenant
Hi BP Community,
I recently hired a new property management company who found a tenant(s). My question is what legally, am I allowed to ask the property management about the new tenant ? The property is located in Te...
Julie N.
Cozy background check came back in 25 days!
I used cozy for my rental applications and background checks. I just got a notification that one of my Potential tenants background check just came back- 25 days after they applied! Is this time frame normal for cozy...
Zehua Zhou
Fidelity won't open the business account for my LLC
My LLC is 100% owned by my 401k. So it is a disregarded entity where the tax should flow to my 401k.When I try to open a business account with Fidelity, I filled their form to explain that the owner is my 401k and the...