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I'm renting out a fully furnished renovated 3BR 1.5 bath townhouse in Philly, advertising on AirBNB and Furnished Finder.
My first renter is a family with 4 kids. I'd stated the occupancy limit on the property is 4 ...
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Hi Bigger Pockets. I have a question regarding assistance animals under the Fair Housing Act. We are advertising our rental property and just received an inquiry from someone with a service animal. Our policy is no...
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Hi,Recently put my first rental on the market (SFH) in Texas. I recently got prospective tenants mentioning that they had two service dogs including a german shepherd. I think they actually meant ESA instead of servic...
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Hey Guys,
I'm finally starting my journey into realty investment and decided that one of my first orders of business was to establish a Texas Series LLC. (FYI - The $300 Texas LLC formation fee is waived for veteran...
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There's so much in this business that I just don't understand. On a fairly regular basis I will get a call from someone who needs to rent or they want to buy with owner-financing. And they have no money for the d...
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My showing manager takes a cut from all the application he receives Is that a legal agreement? Basically, the application costs 30.00 - it costs 10-15.00 to run all the checks.. and then he takes the remaining 15.00
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Along with creating an LLC entity and creating a "Certificate of Organization", you need to have an "Operating Agreement".Attached below is a redacted copy. Virtually anything can be written in to this agreement. Wh...
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A couple filled out application for renting my property. Their credits are bad 500+. I was gonna overlook the credit and rent the house to them since most applicants have low credits. I have called their past 2 landlo...
I am currently screening tenants for an upcoming vacancy. I found a tenant that initially sounded great, but some details on their credit report worry me. While their credit score came back as excellent (~720), they...
When I started with my first rental, the person who counseled me suggested asking less than market rent to find the best tenants possible, even seeking a few competing applications. Does anybody think this is a good i...