I am currently listing a property for $1,200.00/ monthly and have received a TON of qualified applicants that have already paid for credit/background screening. One potential tenant suggested that he be allowed to pay...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $260,000

Cash invested: $60,000

I bought it as my a personal home, but because I work overseas, I figured I will re...

Hello all.Just wondering how long till one rents a house or apartment?Seems I have been getting potential tenants with low credit scores and ones that lie on their application.Thanks in advance,Andrew.

Hello All! No one seems to be able to answer this questions. Let’s say you have a minimum credit score of 600 to rent a home. A couple or two friends decide to apply. In this situation, one has over the 600 credit sco...

I get a lot of applicants, escpecially from Zillow, that for any number of reasons--be it income, background, credit, whatever--they don't qualify. What do you tell your applicants when they don't qualify? I don't wan...

Hey everyone, I feel like I’m spamming this board with questions but I really appreciate the help. I have my rental listed currently on Zillow with my stipulations (600 credit score, 2.5x income, etc). I am just conce...

Tenant Screening Standards:
- No previous eviction
- 3x income to rent
- Clean background
- Good references

Hi Everyone,

On biggerpockets these 4 standards for the tenant screening process have been repeated time an...

Oakland votes to bar landlords from conducting background checks
Marisa Kendall
PUBLISHED: January 21, 2020 at 1:20 pm | UPDATED: January 22, 2020 at 10:04 am
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First some background: I am screening tenants to rent a room in a house I am living in.tl;dr: Seems that the applicant was rushing when filling out the application and had many errors in the application - not obvious ...

Hi,

After marketing my rental for 2 weeks, the only serious renter who submitted an application with $400 deposit is 4 college students ages from 21-23 years old.

I need to rent it out and cover my mortgage especial...