Hello!I am currently in the process of buying two homes on one parcel, I will live in one and rent the other, after some TLC. Does anyone have examples of straight forward leases? Has anyone used a two year lease with...

So, my husband and I finally finished renovating our basement into a two bedroom apartment.  We have one application so far, 2 young men, 22 and 23, first time renters.  One of them has good credit, the other not so g...

I'm officially in the middle of listing my first property after turnover. Since I'm new to it, I listed the property on Zillow. I got my first application back and was disappointed that the information was so vauge. I...

Hi, just to clarify on the trans union report, the "resident score" is their credit score?If the score is too low, does anyone have the proper wording to tell the applicant that we can proceed further due to this?Than...

Hello,How to politely reject a tenant application?Thanks

I looked over tenants job history and they just started their jobs.I sent a standard we will not be moving forward message. Realtor asked if I could be more specific. I explained we are looking for stable income and l...

I am screening tenants for my first rental property and have an application form created (all the typical questions) and was planning to use Smartmove for a credit & background check. A prospective tenant emailed ...

I just bought a townhome which I am planning to rent out.My realtor gave me the California realtor forms used for renter screening, lease agreement, lead based disclosure and a host of other things.  There are C.A.R f...

Does anyone have a canned response that they use to reply to tenant inquiries or do you speak to them personally? Aren't you basically asking them the questions on the application like how many people are going to liv...

Hey BP friends,In the next week, we are closing on our first little rental house.  Its a 2/1, 1024 sq ft.  Clearly it was a flip because we had to negotiate some really big repairs to make the deal work.  Anyhoo, all ...