Hello everyone,

I am new to BP and overall new to Real estate onvesting and tenant screening. I own one duplex, but have always had my tenant. I am assisting my parents with there first rental property and helping th...

We just got a rental application from a serious applicant. However they didn't fill in the credit card info and bank account info. I understand that it's uncomfortable to fill in this information (especially as the re...

Someone filed a complaint with state housing discrimination unit against one of my rentals.   It seems that she emailed me last october (6 month ago) asking one of my listings and informed me she has section 8.  Based...

Does the rise of self employed workers driven by (no pun intended) companies like Uber, Lyft and other app driven service jobs pose more risk than a standard 1099 applicant? Sure some can make 55k a year but some mont...

I am located in Oregon, first time landlord. Our open house is tomorrow and someone has already mentioned they have Section 8 vouchers. My understanding is that it is an opt-in program? But that conflicts with the fac...

I am currently thinking of putting an offer on a triplex in the Seattle area. Two of the units are occupied and the other is vacant. The occupied units are both section 8 tenants with leases that do not auto-renew. Th...

Anybody noticing a lack of section 8 applicants? We've had two properties listed with our counties housing program for months now, however they advised that they have no voucher holders looking for placement. Weird, b...

I have a property up for rent and I got a zillow application that I denied for not having 2.5x income to rent ratio as well as not showing any employment history.This person called my cell and went in a tirade about t...

As some of you might have heard, that credit reports are no longer going to contain some negative information on the reports according to this this article "Credit Reports to Exclude Certain Negative Information, May ...

Question - can we still require a non refundable deposit for service animals in Washington State? Potential tenant is asking if it is required since it is a service animals - oh and there are TWO!