Just wanted to share with the BP community a couple of tips that came into great use while screening a perspective tenant:

1. If available online, check with the county assessor who actually owns the property...

Can a “subject to” transaction be done safely? There’s been a LOT of “hostility” on BP toward subject to transactions.  Some posters have gone so far as to call these transactions scams, questioning the legality, mora...

Hello everyone,

i consider myself a careful and seasoned landlord. Most recently I had a unit for rent and I screened  carefully, made them do my smart move application, checked paystubs, bank statements. My smart ...

I’m really excited to rent the upstairs apartment to my new duplex. I just posted my rental on Zillow and have several viewings scheduled. Anyone have advise or tips on how to further screen tenants prior to the viewi...

Good morning all,I believe I’m finally ready to list my first property today which is a townhouse located in Hoffman Estates, IL (Cook County). I’ll be using Cozy to help me out. I’ve been doing some research using th...

Hello! I own a duplex, live in one side and rent out the other. I had the previous side rented WAY under value ($850 with utilities included) for the past 2 years. My previous tenants moved out and I currently have th...

Hey all,Im in the process of building an online property management application and would like to know if there are any issues you are having with any software you are using. If there is anything that would make your ...

Any advice on the matter is great.Is it permissable to pause internet service to one tenant of 3 who live on a property due to late rent ? The other two will still have full access but giving that the internet is a se...

Hi everyone!I'm pretty new to investing though I feel I have a grasp on what I would like to invest in. Buy and hold is an avenue I want to go down and would like to know the different types of expenses I should expec...

Hopefully this is in the correct forum. Not much directly correlated with "credit."I know that full points can gey shaved off if your FICO score when someone pulls your credit score. Was just curious as to how long do...