Jennifer MacDonald
New rental, 1st applicant
Have a new rental property-3bed/2bath, 1550 sq feet, nice area, HOA etc. Rent in the area is $1400 to$1500 monthly. Property just hit the market 3 days ago. My property manager just sent over an application for a f...
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Renting to someone who home brews beer?
Has anyone rented to someone who home brews beer? Did it make the place smell or create a nuisance? My applicant asked me about having water in the garage...I asked "why would you need that?" And he said, "because ...
Gerard Charles
Private loan: how can you tell if they are honest?
Hello! I had posted my post last Fall about Financial advise. I got a colleague request from Sandra Warren. I accepted and she does loans referrals. She referred me to a Michael Adamez (loan office). At first I ig...
Debasish Bhattacharjee
Tenant screening info needed
Hi Experts,
I have posted my rental listing in Northern California /Bay Area location using zillow and avail.co. Both has tenant screening and I posted in my listing clearly to apply first followed by touring after s...
Tori Roy
Unscrupulous Private Lenders and outright SCAM ARTISTS!!
Is any body having issues with less than scrupulous lenders or getting approached by scam artists posing as landers? I see it often - so much so that we decided to put in place, a five part process as part of our due ...
Taylor Green
How to qualify my wife as a RE professional for tax reasons?
Hi,I was wondering how and if my wife could qualify as an RE professional for tax purposes? I would love to be able to write-off some of my W-2 income.She is a stay at home mom with our 1 year old son, and uses her fr...
Kristi Goebel
Real Estate Syndication
Hey Everyone,I'm new in my REI journey. I had someone reach out to me regarding Real Estate Syndication and they went through a group called Vantage Horizon. It sounds like a really good place to start for a newbie ...
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What would you do? Potential renter with a felony.
We put our home on Zillow/FB Marketplace/Avail about 10 days ago. I've gotten a lot of interest, but no follow through. A potential renter wanted to see the house but asked to fill out the application first. I thought...
Alejandro Hayden
Private Money Lenders
How do I know a private money lender is legit and isn’t trying to scam me?
Sarah Stenson
Compensating Property Manager for Home Updates
My property manager for an existing rental took on coordinating improvements to my former primary residence in getting it prepared to rent. She will be managing the rental. Before coordinating the updates (new count...