Mark Pitzi
Investment Property with Sex Offender near by - Salem
Hi Everyone,Myself and a group of partners were considering an investment property in Salem, MA and the numbers work well for us. In fact everything was good until we realized there is a level 3 sex offender in the ho...
Eric Benz
Questionable first tenant screening - No DL, history of homelessness, drug use
I am currently renting my first rental property. It is a 2/1 duplex in a class C neighborhood with one inherited, paying, tenant, and one vacant unit which I'm currently marketing at market rent. This is an average ...
Sarah Buchanan
What can we legally ask in screening a felon? (sex offender)
I had a potential tenant contact me and ask if I accept felons. I have read that it's illegal (discrimination) to flat out say "no felons" so I asked what the crime was. He said "sex offender, 16 years ago when I wa...
Dakota Rholetter
Mixed Sex Tenants in SFR, Good or Bad Idea?
Hello Bigger Pockets Family!I have recently been reading the book, The House Hacking Strategy by Craig Curelop and an interesting question that I thought about earlier was:In a single-family residence where you rent b...
Kurt K.
Swingset, keep or tear down?
Hi BPers,I have a 4-plex out in the country and one of the previous evicted tenants put this swingset out there about 7 years ago. (picture uploaded). One of the inherited tenants wants me to keep it. That inherited t...
Alan De la rosa zamora
House hacking sfh and renting to tenant that has kid
Hi, i recently purchased my first sfh that i will be house hacking by renting out individual rooms. I currently have the rules set to one person per room. A perspective tenant is asking if it would ok if their kid spe...
Jamie Heathon
Killer deal no funding - How would I approach this?
Hey everyone,Long time listener since (2014 or 15ish) just registered today. I have no property because my credit is crap. I used to wholesale, but I recently found a killer deal. It's a property I just got done walki...
Nicholas Miller
Tenant criminal history, whats so important?
Last summer I rented to a gentleman who had a colorful past however I had never screened my tenants based on criminal history... After 38 days it was clear that the landlord/tenant relationship was not going to work...
Nicole H.
House Hacking Applicant(s)
Hello 👋🏾 - 1st time extremely excited House Hacker! I live & will be House Hacking in Virginia Beach, Virginia. To ensure that I am following Fair Housing Laws & adhering to my personal standards, is it okay t...
Michael Showalter
Does the BP Tenant Screening include Sex and Violent offenders as part of the Criminal Background check?
Considering using the BP Tenant Screening. Does the BP Tenant Screening include Sex and Violent offenders as part of the Criminal Background check?