William Allen
Zumper for tenant screening?
Does anyone use Zumper Pro for tenant screening and applications? I got an email from them recently and looked into it a bit. I typically use smart move for mine but I thought I would try to get some other takes on ...
Anita Z.
How do you screen an STR tenant ?
Just getting ready to post my 3 bed/2 ba home as an STR in San Diego. I'm wondering how do you all screen your tenants? I believe Airbnb and Vrbo dont do credit checks is this right? If so, how do you trust you're get...
Trent Paulk
Please suggest a PM for the 44111 zip code
I just got definitive proof that my PM is stealing from me. I won't go into the details but I need a new PM ASAP. I have read dozens of reviews and forum posts on PMs in the Cleveland area. Even though I have done my...
Julian S.
Help needed for preventing insects from getting inside my STR
Newbie here. I'm preparing my first STR in the Austin area for guests. I'm near a river, so there are plenty of bugs around. The house was built in the mid-70s, on slab foundation, and has the original windows (which ...
Anna L.
HOA for rental property
Trying to purchase 2B/2B apartment ($45,000 with cash) and the area rent-to-price ratio is favorable.It can generate $300 cash flow per month after calculating all expenses( HOA: $170 per month, vacancy 8%, management...
Qui Van
Multifamily/SFA section 8
I am looking for my first rental property. Can I get some pros and cons for turning my rental into a section 8 home please. Any help on how I can do this would be appreciated. Thanks
Jonathan Feliciano
Screening Tenants: Checking their Gross Income
In @Brandon Turner's The Book On Rental Property Investing, one criterion he uses for screening tenants is that "their gross monthly income must be approximately three times or more the monthly rent."I would like to a...
Karl Chic
Tenant screening that I can enter the information for the tenant
I have a low cost unit that gets a ton of interest (over 160 inquiries last time I listed it), but a majority of the interest is from unqualified prospects. I like to pre-screen them with an application that I send th...
Claudia Schmidt
How to know when it's my expense or the tenant's?
I just recently had a tenant that cost me a lot in maintenance. I rent long term, unfurnished. How do you determine which expenses should be covered by they landlord and which the tenant? And do you stipulate this in ...
David Jacques
Potential rental property with an detached ADU
Hello,
My wife and I are looking to buy our first investment property and we’d love to get the advice of the BiggerPockets community.
We found a one acre property in a great location (lots of jobs and great schoo...