I own 1 rental but used a realtor to find my tenants, and now that I've decided to start an actual business, I want to try to do most things myself, and recently just had an offer accepted on a 2nd rental (and now I'm...
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New tenant moved, 600+ score, she was living with her old age mom, so no previous landlord. Works as nurse, income is 3 times tent. For first 2 months she paid 10+ days into month attributing to difficulty in setting ...
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We have a rental property where a married couple is living in the home. They're separating, and the husband moved out of the house. The wife is now the only one there, and she let us know that she wants to put the lea...
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Help please:How can I do a background check on a senior who want to rent my 1 bedroom apartment in Mercer County NJ? He's 90 and doesn't have an email address so I can't process the usual background check via Transiti...
Hi! My name is Blake, I'm new here to the BiggerPockets community. I am 16 years old and currently in the process of building as much knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in the real estate market for when I turn...
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Hey BP'ers, my name is Rick and I'm from Houston. This is my first post on the forum.I'm looking to get into REI, but I want to gain experience in another part of real estate first. My parents have suggested that I ge...
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So, I have a tenant that is moving in on 2020-10-01 and we have already gone through the whole pre-screening, interview, application process, background/credit check, signing the lease agreement, everything was great....
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What are everyone's thoughts on whether to charge an application fee for rental houses? Do you collect a bunch of applications and only run the background and credit check on your top candidate with you paying the bi...
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I've had a couple of inquiries about Section 8 on recent rentals I've had available. Have never had a section 8 tenant, but have stated that I will accept if income criteria (3x rent) and other criteria (rental histo...
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There are some improvements here, like reusable applications and protections for domestic violence victims. One of my greatest concerns is population density. By adding these ADUs in already-dense neighborhoods, I wou...