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I am planning to rent a property in southern california. Here is the situation
1 - I only received 1 application after 6 open houses and dropping the price to market value
2 - the application is an arti...
Hello everyone!My wife and I moved from our home seven years ago for my work. At the time the housing market (in our neighborhood in particular) was so depressed we couldn’t sell our home without taking a huge (50-60%...
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I am showing my first rental property to rent. I had a family come by that seems like they would be a good fit, they are interested, filled out an app and are ready to move in soon - only problem is they recently mov...
Hello!I have a 5 Unit building that we are currently rehabbing and this is my first rental! Does anyone have some screening tips or must adds that I should include in mine for new tenants?? Anything would be appreciated!
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I know there are a lot of companies that offer eviction, background check, terrorist check in addition to a credit report. But I just want to see if there are any cheeper places to run the eviction check separate from...
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Code cited above is new and a real ringer! In Calif at least there are three cities implementing this and of course -- I get hit with it during escrow :sigh:I'll cite the code verbatim below and it's inconsistent as ...
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I have started to get more rental listings in urban settings and I am running into some unfamiliar territory underwriting these prospective tenants. I am use to people who are US citizens, have credit/rental history, ...
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I have an applicant that only meets my 3X rent income requirement when she adds in her child support payment. And meets it only by $50. Do you allow people to use child support as "income"?Her smart move report came b...
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Ok, a little bit of background on the property. I have a 3 bed/1 bath single-family home that I am still renovating. I plan to have it ready by November 1, hopefully sooner. I got the house renovated to the point to w...
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Rent is $750+$50 with pet #1- married couple, she makes $17k per year, he is unemployed. However, they tell me they get an additional $30k annually in August and $900 from a lawsuit, but no documentation to support i...