I have listed my first rental apartment ☺ My parameters were set high in the listing to avoid too much traffic for tenants who would not qualify. It was listed 13 days ago, I have had 8-inquiries, 2-showings and 1 of ...

So we have been having interest with one of our properties but we are having problems with potential tenants not completing the application process. We are emailing them the application packet which is only two pag...

I am constructing a tenant application and looking at others I noticed that some applications have spaces for bank account information and credit references. Do you recommend putting those on there? Wouldn't pulling t...

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I've read the BP tenant screening guide but I still have a question I cannot find the answer to. I'm am soon to close on my first duplex (in which I will be living in one of the units). I have started to...

We have an apartment available, but there's about 1 in 10 applicants that ask to see it before applying. I don't want to drive all the way there just to show the apartment to someone who I'd never rent to anyway. Ho...

For a 3-bed, 2-bath house in Sutton, MA (good school system), if I screen very carefully (high credit score, work history, no evictions, etc.), please describe for me the worst-case scenario for an eviction process if...

 I have a potential tenant but I am having trouble verifying employment.  She said she was displaced because of the hurricane in North Carolina. Her job transferred her up here to Connecticut.   I did speak with someo...

Hi everbody,my husband and I are just starting in Real Estate business. Our 1st tenants we have inherited as we purchased our 1st investment property over a year ago. In 2 days we are closing on our 2nd investment pro...

Grateful for the collective wisdom here!I am in the process of searching for my first tenant.  We've had a few applications but only one person meets minimum salary and credit score qualifications (meeting him tomorro...

I have a friend who was in the military and is planning on filing bankruptcy and  then using a VA loan to buy a home. Is this possible without waiting the standard 7 years? I'd hate to see him stuck as a renter for so...