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New Trends in Screening Section 8 Tenants
I'm a retired apartment manager in California. I'm a low income senior on disability now, and I live in subsidized senior housing. I attained the holy grail of a Section 8 voucher last year, which was accepted at th...
Eric W.
Investor Poll: How long is too long for your property to sit Vacant?
A vacant unit that is not renting can depend on a number of variables, but I'm curious as to the thoughts on this.
As an investor how long do you expect a property or a unit to be vacant in rent ready conditi...
Ramon Garo
Conventional Mortgage Loan strategies for best interest rates
Hi Everyone,I was recently part of a conversation about people trying to go into a deal together for a single family home. The big question during the conversation is how to make sure that they potential investors wou...
Robert Norvell
Background checks
I have a unit Ive started advertising to rent and I need to find out what is the best way to do a background check on applicants. Do I use a service? Is there one that people can recommend? Do I need to charge appl...
Tony H.
Sending Reminders to Prospect Tenants
Hi BP,
So, i just closed on a duplex earlier this month.
One of the unit is occupied and I managed to get the tenant agreed on rent increase. Although not by much, because of the unit's condition.
Anyhow, I listed ...
Sergio Aguinaga
Cozy.co questions for current users
Hello, I am almost on my way to rent my first property and decided to use cozy.co for the entire process. So I have a few questions for the current users:
1. In my contract, I plan to charge more for late fees if it ...
Ray Alvarez
Finding renters in San Diego
Hello,I'm closing on a townhome in Mission Valley this month. I wanted to see how hard/long it was to find a renter for your investment property? I think my biggest concern, along with everyone's is that it will take ...
Elena Moffatt
Business Plans, Organization Program
Hello,I've been an investor for quite some time but no organized system. I use Quickbooks for my accounting which keeps my accounts on track. I have decided to go Full time and realized that I use too many tools. I...
Blake B.
Credit Scores! How much do you rely on information furnished by the Big 3?
Quick back story: I am helping a client find a new lease. Their current building is not renewing leases for whatever reason and so now my client who just gained citizenship last year and his wife, a victim of identity...
Daniel Miller
up-front application charges - *please* help me with this!!
This topic is the one that I am *most* uncomfortable about, among all the things involved in renting a house - The up-front fees for submitting an application.
Okay, we want the applicant to to pay us for running th...