I’m looking for new perspectives on an interesting problem I have. I have a background in building web platforms & software products and a couple of years ago I built a land investing website. Specifically It’s a ...
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I am an experienced landlord, not a newbie, but I came across a situation that I thought I'd put out there for feedback. I want to know what you'd do and why in this situation. I don't really need basic lessons in s...
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So I use a service where when the tenants fills out an application and pays it runs a full background check the main things I look at is credit and criminal history. I have a prospect who lives in a different country ...
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I have a prospective tenant that is from the UK. All the standard online tenant screening services I know of are only good for people with history in the US. What do you recommend I do to properly screen this tenant?I...
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I'm trying to place tenants for my first rental property. Yesterday, I was in the middle of vetting potential tenant applications, etc, when out of the blue, I get this phone call from a very well respected local/regi...
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When should landlords waive background checks to support Undocumented Immigrants as I am unaware of services that will produce say a criminal background check outside of the United States?
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Hello,Has anyone rented to an expat before? I have a furnished rental and have ex pat applicants. What are some ways to safeguard myself against risk? Thank you!
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The tenant is making 2 K on an internship and the parent (guarantor) is not established in the US well enough with his credit/employment/rental history. He has only been in the US since 2021. He has 170K income (state...
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A couple from the Caribbean is moving to Washington DC for work and is interested in our rental property. Husband works for a multinational healthcare solutions company and provided an Employment letter (employed sinc...
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Recently I had a woman apply to one of our vacant rentals who is a Canadian citizen that's in the process of applying for her visa. Said that the waitlist is pretty long and is looking for a place ASAP. Gave me a stor...