Landlord Newsletter - 15 Reasons I Reject Tenants

Dear Fellow Landlord,

Do unqualified prospective tenants waste your time? I try my best to eliminate them as quickly as possible. Benjamin Franklin said, "Time is the stuff life is made of." Don't let unqualified tenants get too much of yours!

In this newsletter:

• 15 Reasons I Disqualify Prospective Tenants
  
• Ask the Eviction Attorney Q&A with John Reno, Esq.
  
• Happy Mother's Day! Money Saving LPA $15. Coupon Code!

Please e-mail us if you have any questions or would like to add or share any material / information. Have a great month and an even more successful year ahead.
John Nuzzolese
John@theLPA.com

One of the essential abilities a landlord needs in tenant screening is the ability to spot potential problems and disqualify prospective tenants as early in the screening process as possible. This can be a difficult process for many landlords, but after hundreds of rentals and years of trial and error experience you develop an evaluation system and a preference of what works best for you in your rentals.

Below, I'll share with you my 15 reasons I would prefer not to engage in a rental with certain interested rental prospects.

1. I require a few pre-screening questions in my ad. If the prospect can't answer a simple request like that, they're history.
The questions are not invasive and are very easy to answer. Click here for my Pre-screening Tenant Prospect Card.

2. I usually do not consider tenants who have pets.
My landlord mentor, Nick Koon used to say "No dog ever improved a rental property", and boy was he right! If I do consider accepting a pet, and it is a great tenant- I mean a really GREAT tenant that you really want and they have a dog, before making up your mind, go see the place they are coming from first. I look at the yard. How does the home smell? Then I decide.
To help enforce our No Smoking policy, we use the No Smoking Notice & Reminder

3. I usually do not consider tenants who smoke.
When tenants do smoke, to help enforce our No Smoking policy, we use the No Smoking Notice & Reminder

4. I disqualify prospects who have bad credit.
If they are honest on the pre-screening prospect card, and tell us they have bad credit, it saves them and us a lot of time. For promising prospects, we get our credit checks from our own Quick Check Credit Reports!

5. I disqualify prospects who are late for their appointment without calling with a good reason.
If they can't even make their first meeting with you as agreed, what can you expect in the future from them? Jeez!

6. I will not accept a deposit without a fully completed application authorizing a credit check.
The LPA Rental Application when completed and signed by the applicant provides authorization to verify credit, employment and any other financial qualifying factors in connection with the rental. Serious qualified prospects are more than happy to share their good story with you...

The Landlord Protection Agency® is proud to introduce John Reno, Esq., a highly experienced Landlord - Tenant attorney based on Long Island, NY.

If you have a landlord tenant problem you'd like to ask a question about, please feel free to e-mail me your question.
Submit a landlord / tenant question for Mr. Reno
Please try to keep your questions as short and to the point as possible.

Dear Mr. Reno:
I just downloaded a form, " Lease addendum Crime-free/drug-free housing" Is this addendum legal if the tenant is already on a rental agreement with me. I showed the judge an addendum I had a tenant sign once, after there were already on a rental agreement and he threw it out and said I can not use that addendum because that would alter the current rental agreement and that is illegal. is that true? would I have to have the tenant sign a new rental agreement with this clause in it? thanks.
Milt James, NY

A: I don't agree with that Judge. Parties can always agree to change their agreements. What's up with that? (Most leases have a provision allowing modifications as long as it's in writing.)

See LPA Lease and LPA Change of Terms Notice

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