Re: Should I accept this T? - Landlord Forum thread 336979

Re: Should I accept this T? by J (FL) on July 4, 2015 @20:50

"I've never had this happen. Closest I get is 4 college kids living together.."

Katie, I've seen this happen...three adults, plus their mom, plus undisclosed number of kids from two brothers ex-girlfriends who would be "staying on weekends." These people were shady as hell, wanted some weird arrangement where they paid three months at a time...I didn't trust them one bit. Luckily they vanished and never applied.

I stopped putting rental signs in the yard after this experience (they came because of the sign).

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Re: Should I accept this T? by Katiekate (New York) on July 5, 2015 @02:18	[ Reply ]

Yeah, I never did put signs in the yard...for fear of that very thing. I had people approach me because they could see I was renovating a house. Wanting to rent it when it was available. I already knew that game. These are tenants who live in a place for a long time, never clean, never take care of the place...and when it gets really bad they look for a "new" place to start it all again. After years of general property rentals (either my own or as property manager for others), I just stopped dealing with that market. Now, I place my NY property listings only in the off-campus housing office at the local university and colleges. Sold everything in MA and WV. In FL, I only rent to a very short list of short term renters (3-4 nights at a time). I could not find decent tenants in FL, and I couldnt sell for any decent price....so I gave up and went into the "hotel" business for people I know.