What are the buying options for someone in CH13 BK filing? He has very good financial standing, income, credit score is above 650 and has a good rental history. Can lease option to buy be considered? Yes I know you ar...

Hi everyone! First official forum question ... My husband and I are screening a tenant and I need some outside opinions. I've gone back and forth on this one. Married military guy who is stationed in town, but his fam...

What are the options and advice for a landlord who has a tenant who states that she has had a heart attack, and she is already late on 2 month's rent. Assuming she's stating the truth, and giving her the benefit of be...

I have two approved applicants for my property and i have required a double security deposit (two month's rent, totaling $3,800.00) due to lack of rental history and one of them having some delinquent credit history. ...

I just put my first unit on the market and I'm getting a whole range of interested parties.  Many of the folks who seem like decent potential tenants have lower credit scores.  There are many folks in the 600-650 rang...

Does anyone have tips for finding tenants for class C and/or Section 8 rentals?Background: I bought two houses last year in a Class C- neighborhood and quickly rented them out.  One to a Section 8 (50% rent covered, h...

I have an applicant who looks like they could be a good renter, but has a few negatives (already discussed in the thread linked to below) and so I've decided to approve them, asking for first + last month's rent in ad...

I have a tenant for my first rental property. We are still screening her, but it should be fine and I expect to have the lease signed soon.  
During the showing, my future tenant asked to have a security system insta...

I'm closing on my first househack in late January and have been struggling with the decision of what kind of insurance to get. I know there have been discussion on umbrella policies, but none quite answered my specifi...

Hi BiggerPockets heros.  A friend found a 22 apartment complex in Idaho where the owner is ready to retire. It is not on the market, and has signed an exclusive with my friend and given him 60 days to figure out finan...