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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...
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Hi BPers,Wanting to start a discussion of the the pros / cons of using of M2M vs. Y2Y lease? If you have a good screening process in place, a Y2Y lease should work, but I hear some PM / property owners are using a M2M...
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I'm looking to move out of my current house and buy a multi-family property where I would occupy one unit. I'm worried however because my house is a very strange layout. What if it doesn't sell and I can't owner occ...
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I'm a private buyer in California on a short sale with 2 loans. Owners haven't made payments in about 16 months and left the house about a year ago.
Fake numbers here just to make my point. I took my buyer closing c...
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Hello Bigger Pockets! I am experiencing my first vacancy and wanted to ask a question concerning the security deposit. The tenant really did a number on the place and I want to make sure I’m in my legal rights to keep...
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Have you reached out to tenants now that the governor has called for a halt on evictions? Have your tenants started reaching out to you that they cannot pay from covid? What resources are you sending to tenants for re...
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I have been searching around in previous discussions and have not found anything specific regarding my concern so I am posting this discussion on an admittedly common subject so people can hopefully share any experien...
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I use the security deposit (and the first month's rent) as a test case to see if the potential tenant will be able to pay rent on time. If they can't come up with a security deposit and 1st Month's rent prior to w...
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Looking for advice on how to handle a negative relationship with our property management company. We have been pretty unhappy with their services for the entire time we've been working with them, but they do the bare ...
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I currently have 7 rentals in a centralized area for around 2 years with no tenant turnover. I do all the property management myself (10% is outrageous) and I am finding that working with tenant request for repairs to...