Marci Stein
Tenant liabilty/insurance?
,About to rent out my first house to a couple with 5 y.o. who wants to have a small pool in front yard. Rather than ask her to buy tenant insur, I was thinking to put a clause in the lease, stateing I have no responsa...
Rheis Cloutier
Screening Tenants for House Hacking
I've been looking into house hacking and I currently have a realtor and I've been pre-approved for a loan. The thing I have been worrying about the most is screening tenants. What are certain things that I should look...
David P.
Rental Insurance policies that covers non-paying tenants?
Hello,Does anyone know of rental insurance policies that cover non-paying tenants? I know most policies do cover loss rent in the event of like a fire or flood situation but not if the tenant stops paying rent and ref...
Trent Lee
Tenant trashed the unit - what can I do?
I have my first time dealing with a tenant who has trashed the home. Roughly $16,000 in damages. I realized there is a little I can do now but I’m looking for recommendations to avoid this in the future. Is there insu...
Angelo Mart
1st Landlord deal
Looking to move out of my primary residence and utilize it as a rental as the property has good Cash Flow. Should I use a management company to go about finding good qualified tenants? Or should I do the background ch...
Thomas Powell
Section 8 Tenant Screening
Hello all,I am looking to purchase my first investment property and I am considering the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) given that the property is located in a low-income area. I have read many posts whic...
Phillip Lebron
Vetting property managers/ companies?
Questions to ask when vetting property management ? Or any signs to look for? It will be for an out of state property.
Jacob Phillips
First Rental Checklist
Good evening, BP. This Sunday I'm hoping to look at a pair of houses neighboring each other that were brought to me off market. My hope is to be able to BRRRR them, and they would be my first real estate purchases. ...
Muki Naseer
How do I choose tenants if there are multiple, very good pre-screened candidates?
I have at least 4 couples who (at least in pre-screening) score almost identically high. I have not yet asked them to apply, and therefore I haven't collected any application fee from them. I don't want ALL of them to...
Michele Fischer
Turn around time for Tenant Screening Company
Our prior tenant screening company provided us a report within an hour or so.
Our new tenant screening company touts same day results in their advertising, their auto-generated reply indicates 8 to 10 hours, ...