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I recently listed a brand new, renovated apartment for rent on behalf of my client, the Landlord of an owner-occupied two-family house. The Landlord told me under no circumstances does he want that particular ethnic f...
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I am new to screening for tenants and am scared of being accused of descrimination when choosing not to rent to an applicant.
Can you all give some tips on the best way to let an applicant know that you've decided no...
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How do I handle this application? I have a potential tenant that stated that her ex-husband pays for her rent. Apparently, they separated this year and he has been paying for her rent. She said he would pass the ...
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n Alabama.. I have a potential tenant and did my due diligence, ran this potential tenant through rentprep.com for a tenant screening. Shows credit, ok, shows judgments, payment history and says NO convictions.For k...
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3 times in just the past week I’ve witnessed sellers discriminate against buyers because of either race or sex. Humans simply can’t be trusted not to discriminate if given the chance. We’ve put laws in place to make d...
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Strategic Group, a major rental housing provider in Alberta, Canada, announced that all new tenants need to show a vaccine passport to live in its properties. Critics claim the renter’s vaccine mandate sets a dangerou...
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Hi!
I'm a new real estate investor. I currently live in NY. As many people know, it is very expensive to live and own properties here within the 5 boroughs and long island.
I have about $30K to start investing with....
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In my last post of 2015, Top 5 Reason to Buy Real Estate Not Named Cash Flow I brought up some reasons that investors may consider real estate a potentially sound investment due to other reasons than cash flow. Before...
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I felt some amount of fear/panic. I'm old enough to have been around for "black Monday" in the later 80's. Good thing I had no money in the Market then as I witnessed a number of people go bankrupt on margin calls. ...