I'm thinking about submitting an offer on a property, where the selling agent is also the property manager. They said the tenants pay on time every month, and they have never had any issues. If we open escrow, what do...

Several applicants with disclosed felony arrests and convictions have passed tenant verification checks. Tenant verification sites, which charge for nationwide criminal, income, and credit checks, are clearing these a...

I'm curious if anyone has opinions on whether it's better to use local people, like maybe a private investigator for tenant screening?? Or are the online services complete and trustable?

I bought my first SFR and h...

I love living in a small community!One year ago, I was hired to help a landlord whose tenant had stopped paying. He rented to her without any screening. She had a lot of lease violations, late rent, etc. When he came ...

Hi, I have a property in the 32501 zip code, in Pensacola, FL. If you’re a property manager in the area, I would like to connect with you. I have a brrrr project wrapping up end of January. Would like to find a screen...

Does anyone have any tips or tricks when it comes to leasing. I have 8 properties. When I put a property for lease on the MLS and put a sign in the yard and I get 20-30 calls a day, plus emails. Pre-screening all t...

I'm new to BP, and new to focused renting and REI. However I'm decades into both residential and commercial rentals. Up until recently, it has been a sideline or ancillary to my normal business. We have some residenti...

I am in the process of going through the tenant application/screening process for the first time. Currently I'm writing up some selection criteria and came across a question on income requirements. I went with the sta...

So we take an application fee and use a company to screen all our potential tenants. Recently we’ve run into a situation where the screening grade came back as acceptable, not good or great, which left us a little wor...

Hello BP,

I had a strange encounter with a prospective tenant yesterday. He was from out of state, claimed to have a contract for one year with a local company, was pressuring me to move quickly on completing a lease...