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9 Standards to Help Landlords Approve or Reject Tenants

by Peter Giardini | June 10, 2011

I was having breakfast this morning with a client and the subject of selecting and approving tenants came up. Our discussion first focused on the need for written standards to be used when approving tenants to ensure that you either approve or decline tenants in a uniform and consistent manner and then of course what those [...]

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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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How to Avoid Landlord Mistakes and the Dreaded Eviction Process

by Peter Giardini | October 14, 2010

I must need a shrink. This entire article was composed while I was asleep presumably getting a sound nights rest. Where it came from I don’t know… other then the last article I wrote – Tenants: Customers or Scum? – and the subsequent comments which were great, have been weighing heavily on my mind. In my [...]

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How To Get Rid of Crazy Tenants

by Jason Hanson | July 14, 2009

Image by Mr. T in DC via Flickr Do you know why most landlords think the rental property business is tough? Do you know why I and other investors make so much money off of these “tired landlords”? It comes down to one thing: They don’t know how to properly screen tenants. And today I’m [...]

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Targeting Terrific Tenants

by Connie Brzowski | December 1, 2007

The mister and I waited years before buying our first rent house. Of all the various and sundry reasons for staying out of the game, our biggest obstacle was a severe case of Tenant-phobia– the crippling fear of Landlording. To make matters worse, anytime the subject came up, helpful friends and relatives regurgitated the same [...]

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Landlording Tip: Screen Your Tenants

by Joshua Dorkin | November 21, 2006

I realize that this is a very basic tenet, but when times are rough, we don’t always follow it. The reason we screen tenants is to ensure that we, as landlords, will be paid, and that our property will not be damaged or destroyed. What happens when the market is slow and you can’t find [...]

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