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Results (189)
Jeremy Marek Your rental/ open house policy
12 June 2018 | 9 replies

Question for you Landlords out there: What is your process for showing a unit and screening tenants? I have heard that some landlords require an application and background (which would include a fee) before they will ...

Nathan Gesner Emotional Support Animals: is change coming?
7 December 2020 | 24 replies

If you've been alive and paying attention the last ten years, you know Emotional Support Animals are increasingly seen in airplanes and in rentals. Ten years ago, I didn't have a single one in a rental. Today I have a...

Ben M. Should I allow pet in unit
17 December 2021 | 29 replies

Someone with a pet is interested in renting one of the units in my duplex in Texas City, TX. Is this a big issue or how could we make this work?
A pet deposit maybe, higher rent?

Tony C. Bought REO with existing occupants who created fraudulent lease
16 September 2016 | 5 replies

Hi BP,I recently purchased a REO property in Georgia. The occupants who are currently living there I suspect are squatters. I've seen the house and it's a total mess. Police have frequented the property on many occasi...

Itay Heled How to screen and select tenants in Barrie Ontario?
27 December 2022 | 4 replies

Hello fellow Ontario investors!
looking for your experience and wisdom regarding screening and selecting tenants in Ontario.
I own a legal duplex in Barrie Ontario since 2014.
in recent years, I had a few great ten...

Elliot Terekhin Can you charge pet rent if the tenant has ESA in WA state
22 July 2020 | 48 replies

My new tenant has a dog and they have an ESA certificate from doctor. Can I legally charge them pet rent? its a big brown lab. In my understanding I thought you can't deny someone with a ESA but you should still be ab...

Brendan M. Flexible Tenant Selection Criteria?
16 June 2015 | 9 replies

I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...

Tatyana M. Not allowing Fire Arms?
8 March 2018 | 67 replies

hello Everyone!can i use in the lease agreement rule that no fire arms  can be stored at the property? 

David Van Brunt Tenant pays, but has become unreachable... worry?
19 August 2016 | 15 replies

I am in my first rental property, in Pleasant Prairie, WI (about 26 miles from where I live). The tenants are a young couple with kids, and the place backs up to a good school. All seems right, but at the same I am un...