I have a rather large tenant in one of my units, he is around 500lbs and on housing assistance.  Shortly after he moved in he managed to put a foot through the fiberglass bath tub, which we replaced with a cast iron t...

While replying to another thread about family size, I was reminded of two separate incidents regarding size of another nature.The first was a few years ago when I showed a vacant 2BR/1BA house to woman who had called ...

So I have a friend that recently bought a duplex in a C/D area of town that I happen to know well. The property came at a very significant discount from a tired landlord and the majority of the deferred maintenanc...

Hello,
I need some advice. I have a tenant who is renting my spare room for 2-3 months right now. She lived here since June 25. We have a signed lease until the end of July and she wants to extend it until the end of...

so...this is a continuation of the thread from about a week ago.

The seller is trying to pass his problem of the morbidly obese tenant to me. Yes, I confirmed with the seller & the agent that she cannot get up o...

I highly doubt credit and background checks are outdated, for if anything, they are continuously competitive and streamlined hot tool commodities.Perhaps the 3X Rent = Minimum Monthly Salary qualifier is outdated?Firs...

Newbie question here need some help. Over the last two weeks I have shown my rental to 6 different groups of people and have gotten 3 different applicants. I understand the guidelines to screening like having gross...

Hello.  We make our application accept/deny criteria very clear to our applicants.  We would like to add a clause that states something to the effect of:   "Your application may be denied if you or anyone residing on ...

Re: An Illinois doctor diagnoses ObamaCare in one amazing sentence

Let me get this straight. (This is a long sentence.)

We’re going to be gifted with a healthcare plan we are forced to purchase, and fined if we do...

My new tenants have moved in now as of one week ago. They are both older, have a hard time walking around, both morbidly obese, and the male is recovering from heart surgery.

Prior to them moving in, my daughter a...