Rogelio M.
Social Media Content as a Tenant Background Screening Tool
There is plenty of material published regarding background searches on SS#s, criminal and sex offender history, judgments and liens, prior evictions, etc ...But ... what if there were an additional tool?! ... long st...
Peter Darby
About to show my first rental
Does anyone have any advice on what questions to ask? What to look for? Any tricks on picking the right tenant? Thank you.
Eric Schuettenberg
Do you screen your yellow letter return calls?
When you start getting return calls from a mailing campaign do you screen your calls with a voice mail or do you answer as many calls as possible? It seems to me screening calls could save you time from angry owners w...
Brian Barfoot
Too many good tenant applicants
I'm having a new problem. My latest property is all fixed up and ready to rent and I've given tours to several people, many of who have plenty of income for the rent and seem to be professional and a good match with t...
Christine Hunt
Own out of state rental
I own an out of state single family that I am managing myself. I've owned it less than a year and it's my first property. Once the lease is up, any ideas on who I can get to do the showings to potential applicants rat...
Ken Lannon
No return address on marketing material
Hello.
I am just getting started and would like to know if it is a bad idea not to use a return address on yellow letter or postcards...ect.
Within the letter I would have an untraceable phone number which would...
Nick J.
Voicemail Greetings
I know it's best to answer the phone whenever it rings yourself, but I just set up a dedicated Skype number for Missouri. I plan on blasting that area with CL ads, backpage ads, newspaper ads and over 500 bandit signs...
Tricia O'Brien
Do you trust fill in the blank landlord reference letters?
Would you be suspicious of this being a fake reference? I have my vacant rental home listed on Avail.co. When a tenant completes an application, their system automatically emails a 5 question form to those people ...
D Williams
Preparing to Rent - application 1st?
I’ve read previous posts on this topic but am curious if the sentiment has changed over the years. I am not a new landlord but the homes that I have rented in past were homes that I didn’t currently live in. The hom...
Shawn McCormick
Toledo Ohio Property Managers
Looking for personal experience with investor focused property manager (one that answers their phone as many that were suggested in previous posts do not!). Please only provide companies you have personally worked wit...