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Affordablehouseing.com --172.59.xxx.xx

Affordablehousing.com --172.59.xxx.xx

Do you use their free advertising or do you pay? I use their free and have had exactly zero messages from possible tenants. --66.29.xxx.xxx

you mean on purpose to rent to section 8 people? why? --74.77.xx.xx

For the most part it's worked okay and we take what section 8 approves plus we might have a little bit which the tenant has to pay. --73.126.xx.xxx

S8 can be alright I suppose, but I wouldn't ever keep a place that relied on that as its primary income source. The whole idea is to increase the quality of each place to attract best qualified applicants. If the best that you have is S8, how on earth would that property appreciate in value? I invest for cash flow but inflation happens so the property values have to go up. --24.101.xxx.xxx

maybe their IQ isn't quite up there yet. Sorta forces the question, how do they do it? --24.101.xxx.xxx

Ray- social workers just look at things differently than we do. we say go get a job because we believe you can take care of yourself.social workers say we should take care of you so be lazy because we dont believe you can take care of yourself.We wife has a cousin who was a social worker,quit the job 25 years ago to become a full time landlord,always had low rents,she really was trying to help but she took the worse case people and always had problems.We had conversations and i couldnt figure her out,in the end she was called a slumlord by city and the very people she was trying to help mainly because she couldnt afford to replace leaky roofs.I showed her one day your rents are way low,raise everyone $100 month and you can literally replace a roof every month,she still wouldnt do it,argued because she cares she should not be labeled a slumlord, i cant help her but interesting to talk to her --74.77.xx.xx

I believe she isn't alone. There are lots of land lords who are also social workers - at least in their minds. --24.101.xxx.xxx

Look at the vacancy rates where if vacancy rates are really low then consider market rent. Make sure the utliities are separated out where if the utility belongs to the tenant then consumption is reduced as lights are turned off and windows closed up tight in winter. Not space heaters plug in when windows are open. Owing rentals is business not charity or feel sorry for someone who is evicted for rent arrears then completely trashing out rental units or house. Run ads on internet sites then check where the rental housing market is and check out rents of competive rental units. --216.110.xxx.xxx

Just like Ken[NY] asked, why Section8? They're a bunch of headache, in case if you haven't dealt with them much. --99.128.xxx.xxx

Ray- She said one day she was going to a seminar,i asked her for what thinking i was missing out on a local real estate seminar and she said concerning social work,i said how many real estate seminars have you been to,you said none and looked at me funny like why would you do that, i just said that says a lot right there --74.77.xx.xx

I've only had one S8 tenant which didn't quite work out, so I've not messed with it since nor do I feel I'm pressed to do so. I do believe there are some situations where that's the only game in town and I don't fault folks for going that route if they have to. --209.122.xx.xxx

I wouldn't. --76.129.xxx.xx

To answer your question, the best way is to make contact with your area section 8 office. They always have folks who are looking. In my area, many are desperate as the vouchers often expire. --209.122.xx.xxx

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As others have said the S8 office keeps a binder w ll contact info. You csn also bring a listing and insert a page for your building --172.59.xxx.xxx

You can just say that you'll consider a section 8 voucher in any regular ad. I require my voucher holders to have a $1500 month income. --172.56.xx.xxx

Plenty, I do not remember the percentage, but I thought there is a limit on personal funds you can require in relation to the amount of S8 or other govt program covered rent. --172.59.xxx.xx

As it is, they are calling around trying to find a landlord who will take Section 8, so I still get calls from them. --76.178.xxx.xxx