Jason A.
registered sex offender on the block
Hey all - a tenant has raised the issue of a registered sex offender living (or "frequently staying") at a home on the block. My property manager has not provided much help ... I have a call into an attorney to discus...
John Crawford DeBuys Freeman
Requiring an Application Fee for Each Adult for Property
Why do management properties require an application along with the application fee for each adult in a house?It seems like the higher rental fees could potentially turn away prospective tenants. Why not just charge fo...
Austin Youmans
Can't discreminate against felonies or sex offenders?
What do you think of the video and how would you handle it in Vancouver, WA?Youtube Video
Wade Garrett
Current Boarding House
I own a fourplex in a working class town in New Jersey, which has been a home run investment. I love owning it, it cash flows, and has appreicated A LOT since I bought it four years ago. And I have been looking to exp...
Tuan Tran
How will Trump and the GOP affect Section 8
Is there any risk with the current administration on housing welfare.I have a rental unit that is profiting from section 8 as it pays higher in a poorer neighborhood. It was a good deal, so this unit can still profit...
Julie Williams
How close is too close to a registered sex offender?
I am going on a short car trip to look at a number of properties, mostly multi-families. To my dismay, several of the properties are within a few doors of a registered sex offender. Some are pedophiles, others did vio...
George P.
Can I refuse a tenant if they are not a good match with the people already living there?
Hello,I have a two unit property and trying to fill a vacancy in one of the two apartments.The one unit is currently rented by three college girls in their early twenties.A man (45), has shown interest in the apartmen...
Tyson Hill
Tenant Screening/Sex Offender
Just went into a recently vacated unit and found a "sex offender" letter on the fridge notifying my tenants that a sex offender just moved in to the 4-plex next to mine. Was this the reason my tenants moved? Who knows...
Eric Benz
Questionable first tenant screening - No DL, history of homelessness, drug use
I am currently renting my first rental property. It is a 2/1 duplex in a class C neighborhood with one inherited, paying, tenant, and one vacant unit which I'm currently marketing at market rent. This is an average ...
Dan N.
Just closed on 1st property - Here are some lessons I learned
So after 1.5 years of searching, putting in offers, losing deals after inspections, yesterday I finally closed on my first investment property.
I put together a document of all the lessons I learned that I did not ...