 Difficult yo rent (by 5. SIPE [IN]) May 23, 2012 11:25 PM
 Difficult yo rent (by Robert J [CA]) May 23, 2012 11:49 PM
Difficult yo rent (by S i d [MO]) May 24, 2012 4:00 AM
Difficult yo rent (by Nicole [PA]) May 24, 2012 6:06 AM
Difficult yo rent (by Wendy [NC]) May 24, 2012 6:20 AM
Difficult yo rent (by V [OH]) May 24, 2012 6:43 AM
Difficult yo rent (by Sparta [OR]) May 24, 2012 9:34 AM
Difficult yo rent (by Robert,Ontario,Canada [ON]) May 24, 2012 10:04 AM
Difficult yo rent (by Reid [KS]) May 24, 2012 7:06 PM
Difficult yo rent (by LL [AZ]) May 25, 2012 2:03 AM
Difficult yo rent (by Nina [CA]) May 25, 2012 6:02 PM
Difficult yo rent (by Nina [CA]) May 25, 2012 6:02 PM
Difficult yo rent (by 5. SIPE [IN]) Posted on: May 23, 2012 11:25 PM
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State Specific Question About: INDIANA (IN)
I am having dificulty finding qualified renters for my propertiez. Am I too strict? --99.137.xx.xxx |
Difficult yo rent (by Robert J [CA]) Posted on: May 23, 2012 11:49 PM
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I used to purhcase multi-family properties for a song because the owners had problems finding tenants with good credit so they stopped running credit reports and took people in on the fly. Within months all rent stopped comming in so they had to sell and as the buyer I had to evict 100% of the property. But when you get something 1/2 price, it's bound to have a few costly setbacks -- like tenants that don't pay rent, buy booze and drink the day away.. --74.100.xxx.xxx |
Difficult yo rent (by S i d [MO]) Posted on: May 24, 2012 4:00 AM
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What are your criteria?
I like tenants who: have the ability and habit of paying rent, aren't on 12 debt collection agencies lists, aren't active criminals, and don't trash out the past land lord's properties.
This weeds out over 50% of the callers. Am I too strict? No, I am sensible. --108.222.x.xxx |
Difficult yo rent (by Nicole [PA]) Posted on: May 24, 2012 6:06 AM
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I LOVE people who get a SSI check. Of course, even 63 year old men can turn out to be crack heads !!! --72.95.xx.xxx |
Difficult yo rent (by Wendy [NC]) Posted on: May 24, 2012 6:20 AM
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I remember I had a cottage I showed literally 97 times (I counted) ... the people that wanted it were always unacceptable.
It sat empty for 2.5 months.
Then we painted it a light neutral color (it was dark wood paneling) ... replaced the living room carpet with laminate ... and rented it IMMEDIATELY to a perfect tenant. Cost was about 1.5 months rent.
That was our big lesson. Since then, if a place goes empty, it gets freshly painted and gets new flooring (if it had carpeting...) and the quality of potential tenant IMMEDIATELY goes up. --173.27.xxx.xxx |
Difficult yo rent (by V [OH]) Posted on: May 24, 2012 6:43 AM
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Another vote for obsolete carpeting, it is great for wrapping shrubbery going to the dump - floor covering, just a atm machine for carpet cleaning people. --68.76.xxx.xxx |
Difficult yo rent (by Sparta [OR]) Posted on: May 24, 2012 9:34 AM
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V- love your carpet annology! I would agree, we are going the way of solid surface flooring now.
From past experience I found that I have never been too strict, but I did need to alter the way I marketed, the condition of the rental and my approach. You would need to give us a few details about what you are doing for us to give you relative feedback. --69.59.xxx.xxx |
Difficult yo rent (by Robert,Ontario,Canada [ON]) Posted on: May 24, 2012 10:04 AM
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One out of three can be a problem tenant who has no problem getting evicted along with thoroughly trashing out a rental unit. First one must establish identity then see if they pay utility bills along with not having any judgements for the arrears of rent. If there any evictions then they will looking to start the next eviction. So having a few thousand dollars damage done to a rental unit along with having a few months of no rent can not be worthwhile. Usually most of them never bother to completely fill out a rental application or return a rental application for each adult. --74.220.xxx.xx |
Difficult yo rent (by Reid [KS]) Posted on: May 24, 2012 7:06 PM
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Sometimes it's a matter of sifting through apps and then sometimes it's a matter of getting people to call in the first place.(lol)Either way it involves patience trying new ways of getting people to notice your places. --108.236.xx.xxx |
Difficult yo rent (by LL [AZ]) Posted on: May 25, 2012 2:03 AM
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Note to Nicole - yeah, that's what I thought. Last year I rented to a nice man just turned 62 and starting on Soc Sec plus a military pension. He made $1,800 a month, plently for a $395 apt.
Two weeks later I had a full on drug war on my hands. I "removed" him and the druggies at the end of the third week. --209.183.xx.xx |
Difficult yo rent (by Nina [CA]) Posted on: May 25, 2012 6:02 PM
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My rental home was difficult to rent too. It sat empty for 6 months. Several people came to see it and said they liked it & it was in a great neighborhood, but they wanted to continue looking. As soon as the rental contract was signed, two of those who had seen it before came back to rent it, but they were too late. I think there are too many homes on the market and people are taking their time looking at them before they make a decision. One of them even told me she could kick herself because she didn't take it when she saw it, and that it was the best home she had seen. --50.113.xxx.xx |
Difficult yo rent (by Nina [CA]) Posted on: May 25, 2012 6:02 PM
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My rental home was difficult to rent too. It sat empty for 6 months. Several people came to see it and said they liked it & it was in a great neighborhood, but they wanted to continue looking. As soon as the rental contract was signed, two of those who had seen it before came back to rent it, but they were too late. I think there are too many homes on the market and people are taking their time looking at them before they make a decision. One of them even told me she could kick herself because she didn't take it when she saw it, and that it was the best home she had seen. --50.113.xxx.xx |
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