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8 Tips For Screening Out Professional Tenants: Your Worst Nightmare!

by Peter Giardini | June 2, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article here on the BiggerPockets Blog entitled Landlords… How To Proceed When The Rent is Late! While the article had some good insight regarding actions you should be taking to protect both your rent and property when the rent is late, one of the comments to that [...]

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The Ultimate Guide to Screening Tenants

by Peter Giardini | March 31, 2011

I am sure you have heard this saying regarding real estate deals… “some of my best deals, were the ones I didn’t do”? The same can be said for tenants as well. “Some of your best tenants are the ones you didn’t accept.” The problem with selecting tenants is that your selection process can’t be [...]

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Managing the Tenant Screening Process

by Brendan O'Brien | May 22, 2009

Image by joeltelling via Flickr Occasionally, I hear from landlords who have absolutely no problem marketing their rental units. They put a sign out front, get a couple of calls and rent to the first likely prospect. Then the tenant stays for three or four years before the next perfect tenant comes along. What is [...]

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