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Rhondalette W. Eviction on record from 7 years ago (2008) do you rent to them?
19 August 2015 | 96 replies

Trying to find our first tenants. We have found a couple that we like, however the husband has an eviction from an apartment in 2008. I have heard some say that if a person has ANY evictions they would not rent to the...

John Nachtigall National Renters Rights Plan
3 December 2019 | 23 replies

This forum is not to be used for politics.   However this proposed plan is squarely about landlords and renters.   So without saying anything about the candidate I thought we could discuss the plan and some of the mor...

Marquis W. Using bankruptcy strategically to aquire more real estate
17 August 2016 | 44 replies

I keep hearing about how the rich file bankruptcy not because they are in trouble but as a strategic way to build more wealth. For example Donald Trump, Rich Dad's Robert Kiyosaki, 50 cent, Henry Ford even Walt Disney...

Ryan L. She broke another window!
23 January 2020 | 38 replies

This is becoming a problem.... My wife and I self manage our 5 rentals and we have been on this journey for approx 3 years. Everything has been going great up to this point but one of our tenants has been in the house...

Nathan Gesner Eviction moratorium hurts the little guy
10 May 2021 | 16 replies

https://www.seattletimes.com/b...This is an excellent example of how the eviction moratorium hurts the little guy. Immigrants, minorities, women . . . These people are trying to make a better life for themselves in th...

Ryan H Closed Tuesday but the previous renters moved back in Wednesday
11 December 2016 | 74 replies

Closed Tuesday but the previous renters moved back in Wednesday.  The place they had lined up to move into ended up being sold so the landlord returned their deposit and 1st months rent.  They had no place to go but s...

Bob Romano Do not take shortcuts on screening!
9 February 2019 | 35 replies

Thought I had the perfect tenant. Did a background check, got copies of his pay stub, call HR and checked on his employment, I even called his HR Dept and verified all his info before he even gave my the persons name ...

Garrett Diegel HELP! Should I rent to a tenant with a prior eviction?
20 July 2017 | 33 replies

I have a unit in a tri-plex that is available to rent. I had a tenant call to see the property. Everything seemed good, they looked good and showed up on time to the showing. The only problem is when I sent them over ...

Account Closed Legal Questions: Need to evict our roommate in Massachusetts
25 February 2020 | 8 replies

My Fiance and I own a single family home and rent two upstairs bedrooms out to two roommate/tenants on month-to-month leases.  We did not collect security deposits from either tenant, and instead wrote up explicit "mo...

Account Closed How to turn down a tenant with bad rental history?
6 July 2017 | 21 replies

So, I was listening to the BP podcast and the subject of how to do background checks on your renters came up. I was wondering, how exactly would or should you turn down a tenant that has bad rental history so to avoid...