James Roux
Tenant not transferring utilities
I have a new tenant and this is my first rental property who has had the property for a week now. He hasn’t moved in yet to be fair but in his lease I noted that tenant must transfer utilities with in 3 days in his le...
Robin Grimes
Tenant Applicants say the dumbest things
Stupid things Tenant Applicant’s say.
I had renovated a nice 4/3/2 and put it on the market for lease. Here are some of the comments from people who toured the property during the open house or called me from signa...
Rachel H.
Tenants w/ Multiple Pets
Hi everyone. I have potential tenants who want to rent my house, and they have three dogs and two cats. Yeah, I know that's a LOT of pets. I've had a dog - a small dog - in my house for eight years, and there's been n...
Roy Gutierrez
No pet policy - Maybe exception for birds in cage?
Hi guys,I'm about to rent a house to a couple of ladies, one of them mentioned that she would like to bring a bird, a budgerigar to keep in the house caged. Anybody has any horror stories for birds indoors? Thank you.
Michael Ablan
Service Animals & Emotional support- Is animal restriction dead?
Hey guys,Is anyone noticing a huge uptick in the amount of people applying for apartments who have service and emotional support animals? In just the last 3 months, I swear 7/10 people have had one of the two. I eve...
Roy N.
Reminder of why we have a "No Pet" policy.
I have alluded in other threads on BP the past few weeks that we are saying Good Bye to long term tenants we inherited with a property bought two years ago. We served them with a month ago with a notice of terminati...
Callum K.
Renters with Ferrets
Good morning,
I received an application for renters with ferrets and I am unfamiliar with the kind of impact ferrets have on homes. I know cats urine is bad for homes, and large (especially aggressive) dogs can be as...
Mohammad Sheatt
screen first or show property first
Few questions for the landlords in hereif a prospective tenant wants o see the property, do you show them then screen or do you screen and if all is OK then show the property ?Also what do you guys do then there is 3-...
Brian H.
Your thoughts on two potential renters...
I have had my first rental ad out for almost a month. Wanted to get the rental filled by 5/1, but if I need to wait for better candidates I will. Much rather wait for better renters than jump the gun into a nightmare ...
Kevin Kaczmarek
Landlording Best Practices
I would love to hear from the BP community what they believe are best practices of being a landlord? We are in the process of updating our documentation and procedures, and I want to make sure we are not missing anyth...