Wenner Nunes
Rental Application - Missing Anything? Too Much?
Hello everyone,I wanted to get your thoughts on the following rental application for a New Jersey property. This application covered most things - but I'm wondering if there's anything that was left out of if it's ask...
Allen Moye
Screening potential tenants
Hello everyone, I have recently started helping out a family member with their rental property and have found out that they have no screening process for tenants. This has obviously led to many issues in the past. I h...
Account Closed
Screening tenant with arrest record - help!
Hi BP and Happy Sunday!In the process of screening tenants for my first ever rental property. I've read the BP book on manging rental properties, and other articles and such about the Fair Housing Act, and am wonderin...
Benjamin Fishler
Adverse Action Form / Cosigners who have bad credit/background
We have a situation where 1 out of 3 tenants (who are good, pay on time, keep place clean) in our rental is moving out of the area. We told the remaining 2x they could find a suitable tenant if we go through referenc...
Rob Gaukel
What's on your tenant screening checklist?
Finding the right tenant is key to successful investment property ownership. The tenant screening process should be consistently applied to all potential tenants and is analogous to the underwriting that all investor...
Winter Heintz
Potential Renters Don't Follow Through in Rental Process
Hello! I own a duplex, live in one side and rent out the other. I had the previous side rented WAY under value ($850 with utilities included) for the past 2 years. My previous tenants moved out and I currently have th...
Tanim J B.
Would you accept this application?
Newbie question, has an application for a B class neighborhood where applicants income is right along border 3X with the new job they just moved ( a better paying). So asked for bank statements to verify 3 months of r...
Anthony R.
Vacant Unit Showing Strategies
So this question is pretty straight forward. I'm curious what different strategies everyone uses for showing vacant units. I'm trying to find a strategy that satisfies the below requirementsMotivates potential tenants...
Cere Davis
Seattle tenant screening process
Hi everyone, I am new to these forums but am curious if anyone has tried to navigate Seattle's landlord tenant laws? They appear to me to be somewhat unnavigable. Of particular note is the "First-In-Time" laws. Be...
Linda Thomas
New tenant screening help
Hi everyone,
I wanted to know if I can reject an application for a potential new tenant if they failed to answer all the questions on my rental application that are important for instance: the below questions were l...