Allende Hernandez
Do you run screening in all the potential tenants?
Hello folks,When running BGC and other reports on potential tenants and having applicants pay for them, do you run them for all? Let's say it's a family of 4, do you make them all pay for the aprox $40-$50 screening p...
Jessica Wygal
Postcard Design - Feedback Needed
I know postcards/mail outs are kind of a dated concept but I am new and willing to try anything to produce leads at least once. What do you think of the design I created below? Should I add a photo? I will obviously a...
Jessica M.
Needy Tenant With Incessant Requests
Looking for advice from some experienced landlords!
In short, we have a tenant whose lease started July 1,2019. Since she moved in her requests and complaints have been incessant. From the initial walkthrough, leas...
Ralph Miller
Tenants Asking for Me to Subsidize Their Electricity Bill
I have tenants asking me to subsidize their electricity bill bc it more than doubled in the month of May-June.....this is the story. Please provide input.About two weeks ago their AC unit broke. I immediately had a ...
Account Closed
(Long) Building an Out Of State Team: Realtors/Property Management
Howdy -
I have a couple questions, and I've included a post that seems valuable.
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Arron Paulino
Hard Money Lending To Scale
I currently am working on finding private lending, but have found it easier to obtain hard money loans. They are more costly but have been more efficient in getting the ball rolling for my BRRRRs. After a while, do ha...
Brian Ellis
Tenants taking washer and dryer - Need advice please
In a bit of a complicated situation..
When I bought the place it was sold as-is. Since the current tenant in place is a realtor, she was aware of what that entails. Upon signing a 3 month lease they mentioned the was...
Brian Garlington
Potential Renter asking for additional cleaning/painting be done
I'd like to get feedback from the forum as to this situation and how I've answered her.....I have a potential renter that has gone through the background check successfully, and I've talked to her previous landlords a...
Account Closed
Responding to Lazy Applicants
I was just curious about how other people handle the lazy prospective tenant. For instance, an email through craigslist simply stating "I am interested in this home". No questions or anything - just a simple stateme...
Jonathan Klemm
Newbie Landlord Fears?
Hi BP! Quick and easy question for all the new or soon to be new landlords out there. What's your biggest fear of becoming a landlord?I am here in Chicago and have had pretty good luck so far with decent tenants, ho...