Re: FRUSTRATION Hard to find a new tenant - Landlord Forum thread 358588

Re: FRUSTRATION Hard to find a new tenant by lpadave on September 14, 2018 @03:53

this is the business we're in.

the internet has increased and made our ability to advertise easier but it also has a lot of trols, data harvesters and isolated people with nothing else in their lives.

finding a tenant is sort of like being a single person trying to find their soul mate.

In the first 90 seconds on the phone I ask how many people, pets, income and credit and when are they looking to move. respondents with marginal income and/or credit are invited to offer up guarantors / co signers,....which i'm starting to believe is just wasting my time as most of the ''guarantors'' are in worse shape than the applicants. and they have their own bills to pay first.

the due diligence starts with the first sentence out of their mouths,......and I keep written notes. and i ask no nonsense direct questions. Anybody who takes offense to my inquiring about ''how their credit and income looks'' in the first conversation,....usually has something to hide because they have basically none of either.

there are many landlords who will put a warm body into their property and hope for the best. I don't.

the premises should be 'show ready'.

I e mail, complete, good quality detailed photos FIRST. I put several photos in on line ads also.

this tends to eliminate a lot of the ''lookers'' and those fung shuea - ers who seem to also need toilet paper holders on specific sides, height and position.

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Re: FRUSTRATION Hard to find a new tenant by Jannie1 on September 26, 2018 @20:01	[ Reply ]

I agree with the OP. This has been my experience, also, I'll send the application - which is pretty straight forwarded - lady peeked in the house window after seeing the sign on the lawn - beautiful really can hardly wait to move in - When I was told by her that her adult son would be living there - I told her he'd also have to fill out the application. Never heard back... Oh Well,