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Blake Elder Tenant Screening- Convicted Felons?
2 July 2019 | 20 replies

Good evening! I have been a bigger pockets member for awhile, and my wife and I recently purchased our first investment property. It has 7 units and we are in the process of filling two of the units. I have a twofold ...

Rick Bassett Tenant screening uncovered DUI's, jail time etc
14 June 2014 | 62 replies

Hi All,

Looking for a sanity check here with a potential tenant.

He called on a property, loved it with 2 minutes of walking through it (almost no one loves this property as it has a strange floor plan) and emailed...

Rod Estle Dr. Cashflow aka Nick Sidoti
20 August 2013 | 15 replies

Anyone ever done business with him? Is his stuff legit?

Avrom W. Smith Using a Virtual Address to run your business remotely
15 January 2022 | 6 replies

Hey BP, 
Currently, I'm living "Down Under" and continue to run my business remotely. Lately, I've been looking into a virtual address for my business? (My current business address is registered under a relative. As ...

Thomas J Monson Tenant wants a chicken coop....
7 January 2020 | 43 replies

Tenant has requested permission to get a chicken coop. My initial thought is no... anyone have experience with this? Just seems dirty and unnecessary. This is in a duplex with a good size back yard. Thanks!

Jeff G. I Want to Acquire Student Housing for My First Hold, But I Don't Know How
7 June 2015 | 19 replies

I really want to get into student housing for my first hold. I've done as much undirected research as I possibly can. Based upon what I'm reading I really think this is an effective strategy and would like pointers on...

Vitaliy Merkulov Require applicant to give access to their social media accounts?
22 March 2017 | 57 replies

When screening tenants, in addition to running a credit report, checking landlord references, and checking bad tenant databases I also try to check the applicant's social media accounts. Some people have their account...

Paige Kelsey 5 Reasons Your Commercial Real Estate Broker is a...
2 May 2018 | 27 replies

Are you serious?? I am a broker and I only work in Commercial and yet DAILY on these forums I am in AWE at the way some of you interact both on this site as well as out there in the big world!!! So, here is my rant.1)...

Ralph Noack Abusive tenant now an abusive ex-tenant, and threatening
30 September 2020 | 6 replies

Hey BP, Looking for your best bits of wisdom...We have a triplex in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.We successfully evicted our tenants about 2 weeks ago. The reason for the eviction was because they were smoking cigarette...

Shane Moss Your thoughts on renting to a couple with young children (like a 2 year old)
16 January 2011 | 19 replies

I've got a soon to be married couple with a 2 year old wanting to rent my 2 bedroom property. I faxed off their background check earlier tonight. I was just curious what the average experience seems to be with child...