Renting to tenant during COVID-19

[Peta-Gay Merrick]

Hi everyone, I recently purchased my first home which is a 2 family home located in Poughkeepsie NY. This is actually my first venture. I plan to rent both units out within the next month. My question is what are some of the measures I can put in place throughout the application process and when I decide on tenants to safe guard my investment during COVID-19 and dishonest tenants who are looking for opportunity to use the system to get a pass?

[Alex Olson]

Originally posted by @Peta-Gay Merrick:

Hi everyone, I recently purchased my first home which is a 2 family home located in Poughkeepsie NY. This is actually my first venture. I plan to rent both units out within the next month. My question is what are some of the measures I can put in place throughout the application process and when I decide on tenants to safe guard my investment during COVID-19 and dishonest tenants who are looking for opportunity to use the system to get a pass?

 Have you read the book on rental property management by Brandon turner? That's a good one. Though nothing covid related it helps. Call the potential tenants employer. Hope that helps!