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George P. Buying a property with registered sex offender
26 September 2011 | 2 replies

What are the implications of buying a property with a registered sex offender living in it?
I guess it'd be in LL's best interests to have the property delivered vacant for closing? Can a current lease protect the te...

Brandon Jackson Dodged a bullet: Sex offender next door
19 October 2013 | 5 replies

I have been working on acquiring properties in my area to fix and flip. I came across a really sweet deal. 3 Bed 2 bath, 2014 sq feet, fenced yard, 2 car garage, etc. It was a foreclosure going for about 24,900 i...

D'vorah Nadel selling a rental, neighbor is a registered sex offender unknown
8 December 2022 | 2 replies

My wife and I recently decided to liquidate some of our equity by selling a rental home that had solid rental history. We notified the renters we were selling and their lease was ending that month. They took the news ...

Kash Chau Tenant Dating Registered sex offender
14 September 2020 | 5 replies

I have a section 8 tenant in a 6 unit building who started dating a registered sex offender, my other tenants are upset because they have little kids and don't feel comfortable with a pedophile near their kids.  I rea...

Mark Pitzi Investment Property with Sex Offender near by - Salem
18 October 2016 | 2 replies

Hi Everyone,Myself and a group of partners were considering an investment property in Salem, MA and the numbers work well for us. In fact everything was good until we realized there is a level 3 sex offender in the ho...

Arnie Guida Tenant Is Now A Felon, Evict?
30 October 2017 | 30 replies

4th DUI.Rent is always on time, no other problems.I'm just not sure.

Tamara R. Megan's Law Question
21 July 2015 | 9 replies

My state recently started requiring the inclusion of a "Megan's Law" disclosure statement alerting prospective tenants that it is up to them to do a search for sexual predators in their neighborhoods and pointing them...

Sarah Buchanan What can we legally ask in screening a felon? (sex offender)
10 March 2019 | 49 replies

I had a potential tenant contact me and ask if I accept felons.  I have read that it's illegal (discrimination) to flat out say "no felons" so I asked what the crime was.  He said "sex offender, 16 years ago when I wa...

Keri Lamb Weirdest Thing You've Ever Inherited from a Tenant!
14 March 2023 | 34 replies

Hi everyone!I recently inherited twenty chickens from my tenant! Post below and entertain us with the weirdest or most notable thing you've ever inherited from a tenant!

Eric Benz Questionable first tenant screening - No DL, history of homelessness, drug use
20 February 2024 | 7 replies

I am currently renting my first rental property.  It is a 2/1 duplex in a class C neighborhood with one inherited, paying, tenant, and one vacant unit which I'm currently marketing at market rent.  This is an average ...