Hello BP Fam! I'm a Real Estate newbie and a new-ish BP member. I first got into researching about RE while I was on maternity leave for during the beginning of the year. I was deep into thought on how my work-life ba...

hello all,When analyzing a credit report how do you weigh past collections? I had an applicant with a three accounts that had gone to collection, but they were in total "only" about 2500 and the most recent was 2017. ...

I have an apartment in a good B+ area. There is an applicant who seemed ideal until we ran the background check. Organized and showed up on time, good first impression, credit score in the high 700s with no missed pay...

I used BiggerPockets tenant screening tool MySmartMove to screen these prospective tenants for my first rental.  My question is would you rent to this couple?CoupleAge- Husband-54, wife 49 Non-smokersNo animalsRenting...

Hi BiggerPockets Community,

My name is Max-Olivier Ducoste-Amedee, and I’m excited to be a part of this community of real estate investors. By way of background, I have been working as a Medical Device Sales Repres...

Does anyone invest in Active Senior Living that are all in a large building with common area dining and gathering areas, etc.?  (not assisted living needing medical care)  If so, what is your criteria? Any other infor...

I have a SFH for rent . A young couple are interested. Their income in 3x monthly rent . This background check was ok except that they have several bills in collection (medical, cell phone companies) as recent as 6 mo...

My existing tenant has a roommate now, what paper work should I have the roommate fill out. Due to my tenant being excellent I've decided I don't need to run a background check or credit check on the new person since ...

Investment Info:

Retail other investment in Portland.

Purchase price: $100,000

Cash invested: $10,000

My business partner and I bought a massage therapy clinic and a teahouse on 1/29/2020.
It's been...

So we are I the process of screening tenants and some if it is mind boggling. What is a good credit score for a possible renter. Tenants have sent over their applications through Zillow is this an accurate score? This...