Hey there! I just wanted to introduce myself. I have been taking the last couple weeks to listen to all the great podcasts and posts. I am new to REI and basically a happenstance landlord. I am trustee to our Family t...

hi everyone,I am the owner of a small commercial building.  it has two store fronts on the ground floor and residential apartments on second and third floor.  i am currently renting one of the store and found a potent...

Hey Everyone, I am house hacking my first Side by side 2 Family. I bought the property vacant so I have been showing recently updated other side like crazy. I have had everyone fill out my detailed Application for my ...

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 ...

I just bought a 3 family home and need to fill 2 of the units. I have one applicant with 4 children and an applicant for the other vacant unit with a black lab.There is a fenced in yard all tenants would share.What do...

I've placed ads for a small house for rent. I've had a few people say it was the husband and wife, child and mother in law or a mom with adult children. This is a small house - 3 bedrooms but really small and I do n...

I have recently purchased a 12 family apartment building in Lowell Massachusetts. The previous owners were very lax in their policies and procedures and have let people run the building how they see fit. One of my mai...

I am renting my newly purchased sfh and really need your advise on picking the tenant. Both is ready to move in this Saturday oct 1.
Applicant #1: the couple with 2 kids and a dog. Combined income is 2x monthly rent. ...

What if you have a couple looking to rent and one of them meets your screening requirements but the other one doesn't? Do they both have to meet all the requirements? And specifically for income, do they?

I've sold a few, built a few, purchased a bunch, rented a few, flipped a few and lived in many homes. There was a period when we would be moving before dust bunnies developed. My children were master packers and I ...