http://www.landlord-success.com/care-and-feeding-of-tenants/another-tenancy-ends-on-a-sour-note How to be a successful landlord Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:32:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.landlord-success.com/care-and-feeding-of-tenants/another-tenancy-ends-on-a-sour-note/comment-page-1#comment-32100 George C. Torres Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:54:11 +0000 http://www.landlord-success.com/?p=134#comment-32100 Well, there's gotta be a way that we as Landlords can band together politically at the local level, coop the local housing authority, board of realtors, and apartment and property management association, in order to push for some kind of ordinance for all landlords to legitimately screen tenants, with periodic records checks by local authorities on the screeings. The approach is the removal of any sanctuary or escape/abandonement backstop that rogue tenants think they may have when they're contemplating leaving in the middle of the night. Since legitimate management companies and most apartment complexes already screen and deny loser renters, an ordinance mandating the use of a screening service would be targeted at the green and sometimes undercapitilized Mom & Pop landlords that the loser renters always seem to find and later dupe. Additionally, this ordinance would mandate that any adult over 21 that claims to have lived at a relative's house/stayed with friends over the past year will have to put up the equivalent of one month's rent as a deposit before moving in. Period. No installments on the deposit will be allowed. This financially cushions the Mom & Pop outfits as they'll invariably believe the BS from the Smooth Talking Tenants from Hell. Furthermore, this ordinance would expose the loser tenants and their nefarious escape/abandonement schemes. In the long run, dwellings will get filled with Tenants who know that they had better mind their P&Qs regarding timely rent payments and dwelling conditions because they know that they have no where else to go and ply their loser ways. Finally, measures like an ordinance put Mom & Pop concerns on notice not to harbour deadbeat tenants who are suspected of theft of service from the previous landlords. The main intent here is protection of small business while a social engineering side benefit will be the shaping of a culture of responsibility and accountability. This is a win-win for society as a whole. Well, there’s gotta be a way that we as Landlords can band together politically at the local level, coop the local housing authority, board of realtors, and apartment and property management association, in order to push for some kind of ordinance for all landlords to legitimately screen tenants, with periodic records checks by local authorities on the screeings. The approach is the removal of any sanctuary or escape/abandonement backstop that rogue tenants think they may have when they’re contemplating leaving in the middle of the night.
Since legitimate management companies and most apartment complexes already screen and deny loser renters, an ordinance mandating the use of a screening service would be targeted at the green and sometimes undercapitilized Mom & Pop landlords that the loser renters always seem to find and later dupe.
Additionally, this ordinance would mandate that any adult over 21 that claims to have lived at a relative’s house/stayed with friends over the past year will have to put up the equivalent of one month’s rent as a deposit before moving in. Period. No installments on the deposit will be allowed. This financially cushions the Mom & Pop outfits as they’ll invariably believe the BS from the Smooth Talking Tenants from Hell. Furthermore, this ordinance would expose the loser tenants and their nefarious escape/abandonement schemes.
In the long run, dwellings will get filled with Tenants who know that they had better mind their P&Qs regarding timely rent payments and dwelling conditions because they know that they have no where else to go and ply their loser ways. Finally, measures like an ordinance put Mom & Pop concerns on notice not to harbour deadbeat tenants who are suspected of theft of service from the previous landlords.
The main intent here is protection of small business while a social engineering side benefit will be the shaping of a culture of responsibility and accountability. This is a win-win for society as a whole.

]]> http://www.landlord-success.com/care-and-feeding-of-tenants/another-tenancy-ends-on-a-sour-note/comment-page-1#comment-28531 Shaun Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:28:51 +0000 http://www.landlord-success.com/?p=134#comment-28531 It seems tenants come in two varieties: those that never request any repairs and let your place go to hell and those that call constantly for hundreds of insignificant repairs. I once had tenants move out and I discovered a dishwasher that was full of mold and stunk to high heaven. Turns out, when it was installed, the installer never punched out the drain plug into the sink, so water never drained from it. Instead of calling me to get it repaired, the tenants just lived for a year without using the dishwasher. Considering it wouldn't cost them anything to get it fixed (since I would be paying the bill), I don't understand why they didn't call me. It seems tenants come in two varieties: those that never request any repairs and let your place go to hell and those that call constantly for hundreds of insignificant repairs. I once had tenants move out and I discovered a dishwasher that was full of mold and stunk to high heaven. Turns out, when it was installed, the installer never punched out the drain plug into the sink, so water never drained from it. Instead of calling me to get it repaired, the tenants just lived for a year without using the dishwasher. Considering it wouldn’t cost them anything to get it fixed (since I would be paying the bill), I don’t understand why they didn’t call me.

]]> http://www.landlord-success.com/care-and-feeding-of-tenants/another-tenancy-ends-on-a-sour-note/comment-page-1#comment-28522 Chris Lengquist Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:03:31 +0000 http://www.landlord-success.com/?p=134#comment-28522 I'm a big believer in walking through properties every couple of months. In fact, I schedule it on my calender. It will save you a lot of heartache. I’m a big believer in walking through properties every couple of months. In fact, I schedule it on my calender. It will save you a lot of heartache.

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