Ryan Tessier
Dilemma; Prospective Tenant with a Bad History
One of my investments is a 3 story house with an apartment on each floor. A vacancy opened up on the first floor and the tenant on the third floor is moving in there. She's my favorite tenant, clean, pays on time ever...
Jeff Takle
Alternatives to Security Deposits?
I recently ran across three companies that issue Surety Bonds as an alternative to security deposits. The idea is simple: instead of requiring tenants to front a hefty security deposit up front -- could be $2,500 arou...
Jennifer A.
Who rents to those with evictions?
It is not part of my business plan and nor do I plan on doing it. That said, there must be someone out there making it a business out of renting to those with evictions. I am constantly seeing people on craigslist o...
Sam Leon
Gray areas in discrimination - have you ever unintentionally crossed that line?
While we are having a good discussion on applicants with language challenges, I thought a more generalized discussion on other areas that may or may not fall under discrimination would be a worthwhile topic to refresh...
Bernadine Holloway
Felon Friendly Rentals
Does anyone know of any properties in the San Antonio area that are felon friendly? I ran into a financially stable family, facing the challenges of finding a house due to the background of a family member. They are l...
Sam Fickel
Where do bad tenants live?
Everyone in the REI community always seem to have extremely high standards for the tenants they choose - good credit, no criminal history, on time rent, absolutely 0 evictions, etc. I've never met someone that didn't ...
Dennis Tierney
Cost of Government Regulation
In the Nebraska legislature and the Omaha City Council there is movement afoot to impose a registration and inspection program for all rentals- Single and Multifamily. They would charge $50/ house and $20/unit per apa...
Irvin Nguyen
Switching from Property management to self management
Hi all,I currently own a rental property in Beaverton, OR. Our tenants lease ends in April and plan to renew it so they say for now anyways. My wife and I were currently looking to stop working with property manageme...
Poppy Pia
Best Way to invest Security Deposit
Hello All,I am a newbie investor and would appreciate your answers to a question I have ...I have 3 rental properties and have a total security deposit of approx. $6K from these 3 properties.Let us assume - not all m...
Eric P.
Rental Arbitrage - Signing their lease
For those following a STR rental arbitrage airbnb strategy (or homeaway, vrbo, etc), when you sign a lease with a landlord or owner: 1) what do you do about the clause in their lease that prohibits subletting, airbnb,...