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Hello 👋🏾 - 1st time extremely excited House Hacker! I live & will be House Hacking in Virginia Beach, Virginia. To ensure that I am following Fair Housing Laws & adhering to my personal standards, is it okay t...
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How do you handle a situation in which you have multiple qualified applicants apply? Clearly you can choose just one so how do you handle this? How do you handle turning the others down?
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Hey Everyone!I am a new investor with two doors currently, and I wanted to start a discussion on how everyone is collecting application and application fee's. I have found that the canned applications on the website...
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Hello everyone!My husband and I are looking to rent our house and will be managing it on our own. We have multiple rentals, but have always had a management company, so I am somewhat familiar with the process, but als...
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Wondering which tenant application looks less risky financially? Neither have rental history as both owned...
Applicant A: Retired Couple
Income to rent from social security & workers comp = 3.7x
Income less ...
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All background and eviction reports are clear.
Applicant A: applied first
Brother and Sister applicant. Both W2 jobs with recent hire dates. Both have good employment references and landlord references.
Combine...
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Hello!We showing our first property to potential tenants. Yay! I have several different applicants (different families) that are interested in filling out the application and paying the fee of $55 (which covers back...
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A is solo, recent law school grad, no pets, no smoke - but makes $200 less than the 3x rent rule.B is solo, no smoke, makes plenty of $$ - but has 2 labradors (sometimes). B is splitting up from a relationship with "p...
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I need to automate my application process. I'd like to use the existing form but have the option of folks filling it out on line and paying a fee via paypal, square or similar. Any input on best practices to do so?
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Hello all, My question is: When using a website like Cozy.Co for screening and tenant applications, would it be appropriate to have all perspective applicants pay the application fee for backround/credit check, despit...