Weirdest inquiry?? (by NE [PA]) Feb 18, 2018 3:49 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by plenty [MO]) Feb 18, 2018 4:07 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by AllyM [NJ]) Feb 18, 2018 5:31 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Deanna [TX]) Feb 18, 2018 6:47 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by RB [MI]) Feb 18, 2018 7:26 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by LisaFL [FL]) Feb 18, 2018 7:59 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Feb 18, 2018 9:33 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Shelly [IN]) Feb 19, 2018 5:06 AM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Vee [OH]) Feb 19, 2018 5:25 AM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Busy [WI]) Feb 19, 2018 6:50 AM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Robert J [CA]) Feb 19, 2018 10:13 AM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Lana [IN]) Feb 19, 2018 12:24 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by NE [PA]) Feb 19, 2018 12:27 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Shelby [IA]) Feb 19, 2018 1:05 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by razorback_tim [AR]) Feb 19, 2018 5:44 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Peter [NH]) Feb 19, 2018 5:44 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Kyle [IN]) Feb 19, 2018 8:27 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by carl [MA]) Feb 20, 2018 2:35 PM
Weirdest inquiry?? (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Feb 18, 2018 3:49 PM Message:
There has been a rash of posts lately with weird tenant issues, etc. I guess there always is for that matter. This topic just popped into my head, so I've gotta think about it for a bit myself.
What is the weirdest inquiry you've had or showing you've had with someone?
Not obvious deadbeat stuff, where you know they won't pass the screening, etc..
I mean something where you got off the phone or back in your car after the showing and had your skin crawl and thought, "Wow, that was REALLY WEIRD!!"
--50.107.xxx.xxx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by plenty [MO]) Posted on: Feb 18, 2018 4:07 PM Message:
Weird to me. Recently at viewing of rental they opened up an ap on their phone to check the direction of rooms and door openings. I left puzzled but was told later by another landlord that they had religious reasons. --99.203.x.xxx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by AllyM [NJ]) Posted on: Feb 18, 2018 5:31 PM Message:
The weirdest one was when I was selling an SFH FSBO. A nicely dressed woman and her husband, oldsters and minorities, came to the house as an appointment. The older lady sat down in one of my living room chairs and her husband sat across from her in another. I explained the house and asked them if they would like to see the rooms. And they said not right now and just sat there. So I talked some more about the house and they talked about who they were and why they were moving. And again I asked them if they would like to see the house and they sidestepped that too. This went on for a little more time and I figured they just wanted some place to visit on a Sunday. They did not ask for anything and I did not offer. Finally I said that someone else was coming so thank you for coming and I will show you to the door. --73.33.xxx.xxx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Deanna [TX]) Posted on: Feb 18, 2018 6:47 PM Message:
Things have been pretty normal-weird recently.
The query that stands out most recently came in yesterday. I had a call from a guy while I was at a hibachi restaurant for lunch. DH had hit a deer, totaled the car, and now we were in DFW, population 6.5 million, car-shopping. There was only one other couple at our table. We ignored each other-- they were having their conversation, and DH and I were busy analyzing the pros and cons of the cars we had tried out that morning.
Prospect left a message saying, "Hey, I heard you rented houses, and so I wanted to see if you had anything available." Normal enough. I texted him back saying that I'd just filled my two vacancies, and didn't expect to have another until May, so if he was in a time crunch, he might look elsewhere, but if he was trying to figure out his options, let me know what he needed, and I might have some things to choose from towards the end of the semester.
He called back. He was in a time crunch. He was moving to our town. His difficulty was that he had two horses. Were horses allowed in the city limits? I told him pigs and chickens weren't allowed, so I figured horses probably weren't, either. I didn't have any properties for rent outside the city limits, but he might look at boarding his horse somewhere in the area.
"My horses are very valuable," he said. "I prefer to keep them close to me."
I've got friends who breed/train/show valuable horses. I've got friends who board horses. I've got tenants who board horses. No one in the country is impressed by "valuable horses" until we've seen 'em in person and looked them over ourselves. :) Then we'll be impressed. :) And valuable horse people generally don't call their valuable horses just plain ol' "horses", just like valuable dog people don't call their $5k pug "a dog".
But I was additionally not impressed because people with large livestock don't uproot hundreds of miles away with zero notice.
I mentioned my tenant who boarded her horses the next town over. I mentioned I could ask her for any recommendations for a stable that might have an opening. He perked up a little at that.
She didn't have any input, btw. So I came back to the table and asked DH, "Hey, do you know of any horse-boarding stables in [nearby town]?"
DH didn't. But the girl at the other end of the table perked up. "Hey! I know [nearby town]! Have you tried [area] or [area]?"
I'm like, "I had a guy who's looking to move to [teeny little town] and needs a place for his horses."
"Oh! How cool! I'm grew up in [nearby small city]."
So we had a great conversation after that. :) So the prospect was weird, and then it was even more weird to bump into someone from our obscure corner of Texas at lunch, in a place where we'd be more likely to bump into someone from Venezuela or Houston or India or Mississippi. :) --96.46.xxx.xx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by RB [MI]) Posted on: Feb 18, 2018 7:26 PM Message:
Can you come and check this out ? (Hysterical)
There's a Dead Rabbit in the Front Yard
and We don't know what happened.
Tenants: Husband, Wife, 3 Teen Age Sons.
--47.35.xx.xx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by LisaFL [FL]) Posted on: Feb 18, 2018 7:59 PM Message:
I had a tenant contact me to tell me someone put a garbage bag with a dead dog in it "in his trash can" that was set out by the road for trash pick up.
I was kind of puzzled and asked why he was telling me this? It was after all in a bag and in the trash. They didn't trespass as it was set out to the road.
He expected me to come pick it up. He didn't want anyone to think he put the dog in the trash can. I told him if he was that concerned he could call the city and report the incident being as they handled trash pick up.
The same tenant had previously called to report someone had put some old clothes and shoes in his trash can. I mean, ok? --173.170.xxx.xxx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Posted on: Feb 18, 2018 9:33 PM Message:
Caoching a freind rent out his giant executive home with a big glamorous kitchen. His applicant from Scandinavia planned to remove all cabinets in the kitchen and bring his own from Scandinavia.
Apparently that’s how it’s done there. Think IKEA.
BRAD --68.51.xx.xxx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Shelly [IN]) Posted on: Feb 19, 2018 5:06 AM Message:
It happened a few years ago but I have never forgotten it. I had a college student looking at a one bedroom. He had to sit on the toilet first to see if it was a comfortable fit for him. Priorities I suppose. I did end up renting to him. --76.92.xx.xx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Vee [OH]) Posted on: Feb 19, 2018 5:25 AM Message:
I have to admit I am overdue for weird or I may have a very skilled mindset having seen weird most of my adult life, but since the LED bulbs have taken over I got a call from a tenant who says her dining room lights are blinking - that does sound weird, so I went over the next afternoon and found we left a dimmer in (normally - heard that before haven't ya! we replace every outlet and switch using flex covers on switches and metal ones on outlets - hey they don't get busted) her dining room when you reduce the brightness to about halfway the new lite bulbs blink (neither the bulbs or the dimmer were meant to work together), so I replaced the sliding dimmer with a switch - she was very happy cause her grandkids would move it to the blinking position when they came to visit.
Other weirdness? pulled a mid youth sized t-shirt from a kitchen drain- how did it get past the criss-cross part of the basket? that is weird... --76.188.xxx.xx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Busy [WI]) Posted on: Feb 19, 2018 6:50 AM Message:
Applicant was viewing house, asked if my husband would be collecting rent.
I hadn't mentioned husband, he is not involved in the rentals at all. Only reason she would have had to even know I had a spouse was the plain gold band on my left hand.
Picked up the application at her house. Stripper pole mounted six feet from front door in living room. How do you think she was planning on paying? Ewwwww..... --172.58.xxx.xx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Robert J [CA]) Posted on: Feb 19, 2018 10:13 AM Message:
Applicant turns in their information then asks, "Do you mind if when change your 5 bedroom home into a Assisted Living Facility"? It's going to take us 5 months to get approved, you can waive the rent during this period. --47.156.xx.xx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Lana [IN]) Posted on: Feb 19, 2018 12:24 PM Message:
A young man wanted to rent our 2BR across from the Catholic church so he could attend all masses and turn my unit into a chapel. --216.23.xxx.xx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Feb 19, 2018 12:27 PM Message:
The only really weird one I can think of off hand was the prospect wanting to know if it was haunted. They were serious. --174.201.x.xxx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Shelby [IA]) Posted on: Feb 19, 2018 1:05 PM Message:
This is my weirdest thing to happen after a tenant was moved in several months. Back when I didn’t know about the “don’t rent to your friends” rule. I got a phone call on a Saturday morning at 5am that my renter was “hearing noises” like someone was trying to break in. She had already called the cops the night before but the “intruder” was gone by then. Unfortunately for me I answered this phone call at 5am and since she was hysterically crying and upset I grabbed my young kids and went over to her house. She wanted me to stay with her for several hours. I stayed until 9 when the next friend took over. Every little noise was freaking her out. It was so bizarre, even for her. A couple years later I find out the reason she was so crazy that night/morning was she had shot up a whole bunch of meth and was hallucinating. Luckily I think my kids have forgotten about this happening. --173.26.xx.xxx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by razorback_tim [AR]) Posted on: Feb 19, 2018 5:44 PM Message:
Years ago I had an older lady come look at a duplex. The oven wasn't self-cleaning and she asked if I would come over on a regular basis and clean the oven for her. I told her no, but she was welcome to buy a new self-cleaning oven for it. She passed and I was glad about it. --70.178.x.xx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Peter [NH]) Posted on: Feb 19, 2018 5:44 PM Message:
Met single mom at unit with her little 6 year old daughter. Daughter came up to me and I said "hi there whats your name" with both arms and fists together she wound up and punched me as hard as she possibly could in the family jewels. I buckled over in big big pain. I did not see that coming. The mom laughed and did not even say anything to her daughter. I can laugh about it now but I am still a bit angry. No I did not rent to her. --73.61.xx.xxx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by Kyle [IN]) Posted on: Feb 19, 2018 8:27 PM Message:
Before I stopped answering the phone (and a big reason for that decision) I had a prospect call about a new listing. It was about an hour away from where she was living at the time, and without me having to ask, she explained that the reason she was moving is because her sons had been in a shoot out and the police had asked her to move them with her out of town. I did not rent to her.
I have had a few prospects ask if a house was haunted, some joking, some serious. I had one couple that looked at a house and went down into the unfinished basement for a long time. I figured they were talking to each other about whether they wanted the house and didn't want me to hear their discussion, but when the came out, she said "the basement is really spooky, I love it!"
One applicant was moving from out of town. He set up an appointment to come see the house and sign the lease. About an hour before we were supposed to meet, he texted that he would be late, he had made it into town, but he didn't bring the money, and his bank didn't have any branches in town. So, after his 4 hour drive to town, he was going to drive another 2 hours to the nearest branch and then 2 more hours back to meet and sign the lease. He got to the nearest branch and found out the were closed for a holiday (columbus day?) So, another hour drive to a branch that was open in the next state over, then back to meet and sign the lease. When he finally got to the house, he texts and says he doesn't like the neighborhood. Apparently, he didn't think to drive by when he was in town six hours earlier, so he drove 14 hours through 3 states and still didn't have a place to live when he had to relocate the next week. --73.102.xxx.xx |
Weirdest inquiry?? (by carl [MA]) Posted on: Feb 20, 2018 2:35 PM Message:
I had a prospect renting a 3rd floor apt ask "how often do you wash the windows?" I said we don't do windows at this price but we could add it to the rent covering a commerial company to wash them for you,.(they looked shocked) Moved on thanfully, --66.30.xx.xxx |
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