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Sasang Doc Property Management and ESA Issue
11 January 2022 | 10 replies

Hello BP community,
I'm working with a new property manager who refuses to share with me Emotional Support Animal Letter from recently approved and moved in tenant. Their argument is based on the fact that it is a "m...

Account Closed FHA approval question?
30 March 2014 | 4 replies

so there might be an obvious question for some of you to answer or maybe not. I don't know that's why I'm asking here at BP, because you guys always help :)

So I'm currently researching FHA loans and the guid...

Kimberly T. Can "having a job" be part of your tenant screening criteria?
24 March 2014 | 19 replies

Hear me out.

Let's say part of your screening criteria is a minimum of 3x rent as income. In CA and some (all?) other states, you cannot discriminate based on source of income. That means if the prospective...

Levi Kruse Service / Emotional Support Dogs
8 July 2017 | 12 replies

Washington state, Cowlitz CountyHello, I am new (2 days) to the landlord scene and I have a duplex with inherited tenants. One tenant has 4 small (large rat size) dogs and claims that they are emotional support/ servi...

ROBERT Richards Bank says i have too many mortgages
7 October 2017 | 23 replies

I was writing to ask your advice. I sold one home this year and i am trying to releive some of that tax burden by buying a 4 plex with less than 90 days to go. I am being told i have too many mortgages, 12. I have a g...

Maria S. Can I charge deposit for a service dog?
8 October 2018 | 21 replies

I have a possible tenant that tells me they don't have to pay the pet deposit because their pit bull is a service animal and I legally cannot charge them a pet deposit. Advise please.

Brie Schmidt No more house hacking in Chicago North Side?
9 September 2019 | 14 replies

With the 5% program essentially gone the only option for low money down being FHA... with low loan limits and hard to pass self-sufficiency tests the program is very hard to do.  So is house hacking with low money dow...

Daniel Lozowy Your thoughts on A vs B vs C vs D
15 May 2020 | 7 replies

Hi,
I'm trying to understand the ABCD classification of properties, tenants, neighborhoods...
How would you explain/classify it? Could you point me towards good ressources?I live in Montreal, Quebec, and I rarely he...

Andy Sabisch Renting to tenants with service animals
5 February 2022 | 6 replies

We are renting one unit in a building we have and the person looking at it has a German Shepard that she said is a service animal.  We have a breed / weight limit on dogs based on our insurer (Steadily) which would ne...

Mike H. On the 1 yard line for my refi and have hit a snag
29 December 2011 | 10 replies

I'm refinancing a rental property right now under fannie's 5-10 guidelines. I'm over 3 months into this crazy refi and just when they're about to issue the clear to close, I get blindsided by some crazy issue.

Does a...