Good tenants are not going to pay an application fee before viewing a unit.

Nationally I think there is a lot more fraud overall, not only rental applciations but loan applications, social engineering scam with emails etc.

We embrace S8 applicants, but screen them just like any other applicant.Many have an entitlement mentality and try to leverage their S8 voucher by pretending to be helpless:1) A percentage won't apply because they expect a landlord to waive application fees for them.2) Many cry broke and expect a landlord NOT to charge them a security deposit.3) Many of those same S8 tenants trying to avoid paying a security deposit, won't make an effort to call the list of nonprofits we send them that will pay their security deposit if they apply.4) A lot of them try to avoid paying for utilities.

We have a cobbled together system that sure, it works, but when you cobble so much together next thing you need other systems just to help "tape" things together making the tech stack all the taller.

Some investors love it for the guaranteed rent and lower vacancy, while others say the inspections, red tape, and tenant management make it not worth the trouble.For those of you who’ve done it — or are doing it now:How’s your cash flow and stability compared to market-rate rentals?

@Kumar R.There is undeniably more red tape bureaucracy to deal with in Latin America than in the US.

Vet hard: ask for a recent tape they sold and buyer references, verify they’re the seller or have a written mandate, avoid anyone asking for upfront broker fees before diligence, and insist on a clean chain of assignments plus collateral file access under NDA.

The program is full of red tape, but it's worth it because the regular rates are lower than market rates & you can buy the rates down quite a bit. 

The secretary of state is so disorganized, and full of red tape and mistakes I couldn't take it anymore.

Hard Money is fine, but it has its red tape, and Hard Money has its own investors they need to keep happy and you are subject to guidelines, rates, processes changing on the fly and working against you.