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March 17, 2010 at 10:43 AM #527707March 17, 2010 at 10:47 AM #5267764plexownerParticipant
I always did the background check as well – it will turn up legal issues like evictions
I had a ‘nice’ couple apply for one of my units – they were very upfront about their finances and the fact that their credit wasn’t pristine – I told them my main criteria in that regards was no evictions
I asked them point-blank, “Have you ever been evicted?”
“Oh, no, we’ve never been evicted”
Background check showed they had been evicted three times – when I called them to turn them down they wanted to waste my time explaining the evictions
I assume they thought I wouldn’t check
March 17, 2010 at 10:47 AM #5269084plexownerParticipantI always did the background check as well – it will turn up legal issues like evictions
I had a ‘nice’ couple apply for one of my units – they were very upfront about their finances and the fact that their credit wasn’t pristine – I told them my main criteria in that regards was no evictions
I asked them point-blank, “Have you ever been evicted?”
“Oh, no, we’ve never been evicted”
Background check showed they had been evicted three times – when I called them to turn them down they wanted to waste my time explaining the evictions
I assume they thought I wouldn’t check
March 17, 2010 at 10:47 AM #5273574plexownerParticipantI always did the background check as well – it will turn up legal issues like evictions
I had a ‘nice’ couple apply for one of my units – they were very upfront about their finances and the fact that their credit wasn’t pristine – I told them my main criteria in that regards was no evictions
I asked them point-blank, “Have you ever been evicted?”
“Oh, no, we’ve never been evicted”
Background check showed they had been evicted three times – when I called them to turn them down they wanted to waste my time explaining the evictions
I assume they thought I wouldn’t check
March 17, 2010 at 10:47 AM #5274534plexownerParticipantI always did the background check as well – it will turn up legal issues like evictions
I had a ‘nice’ couple apply for one of my units – they were very upfront about their finances and the fact that their credit wasn’t pristine – I told them my main criteria in that regards was no evictions
I asked them point-blank, “Have you ever been evicted?”
“Oh, no, we’ve never been evicted”
Background check showed they had been evicted three times – when I called them to turn them down they wanted to waste my time explaining the evictions
I assume they thought I wouldn’t check
March 17, 2010 at 10:47 AM #5277124plexownerParticipantI always did the background check as well – it will turn up legal issues like evictions
I had a ‘nice’ couple apply for one of my units – they were very upfront about their finances and the fact that their credit wasn’t pristine – I told them my main criteria in that regards was no evictions
I asked them point-blank, “Have you ever been evicted?”
“Oh, no, we’ve never been evicted”
Background check showed they had been evicted three times – when I called them to turn them down they wanted to waste my time explaining the evictions
I assume they thought I wouldn’t check
March 17, 2010 at 10:56 AM #5267814plexownerParticipantanother ‘fun’ interaction with potential tenants
two law students checked out OK on the credit and background checks – I was ready to rent to them and we met at the unit to sign the rental agreement and exchange keys / checks / etc
when they saw the rental agreement they made up some BS story and left
the only thing I can figure out is that they saw they would be renting from my LLC and not me as an individual – they were probably planning a trip-and-fall accident / lawsuit and knew they couldn’t easily play that game with an LLC
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this snippet is from another website – it pretty well sums up my feelings after 8 years of being a landlord:
“Problem is, most people get where the whole business of dealing with Tenants (largely deadbeats and scumbags) and local/state laws that favor the tenant and screw the landlord just, generally, makes them puke. “
March 17, 2010 at 10:56 AM #5269134plexownerParticipantanother ‘fun’ interaction with potential tenants
two law students checked out OK on the credit and background checks – I was ready to rent to them and we met at the unit to sign the rental agreement and exchange keys / checks / etc
when they saw the rental agreement they made up some BS story and left
the only thing I can figure out is that they saw they would be renting from my LLC and not me as an individual – they were probably planning a trip-and-fall accident / lawsuit and knew they couldn’t easily play that game with an LLC
~
this snippet is from another website – it pretty well sums up my feelings after 8 years of being a landlord:
“Problem is, most people get where the whole business of dealing with Tenants (largely deadbeats and scumbags) and local/state laws that favor the tenant and screw the landlord just, generally, makes them puke. “
March 17, 2010 at 10:56 AM #5273624plexownerParticipantanother ‘fun’ interaction with potential tenants
two law students checked out OK on the credit and background checks – I was ready to rent to them and we met at the unit to sign the rental agreement and exchange keys / checks / etc
when they saw the rental agreement they made up some BS story and left
the only thing I can figure out is that they saw they would be renting from my LLC and not me as an individual – they were probably planning a trip-and-fall accident / lawsuit and knew they couldn’t easily play that game with an LLC
~
this snippet is from another website – it pretty well sums up my feelings after 8 years of being a landlord:
“Problem is, most people get where the whole business of dealing with Tenants (largely deadbeats and scumbags) and local/state laws that favor the tenant and screw the landlord just, generally, makes them puke. “
March 17, 2010 at 10:56 AM #5274584plexownerParticipantanother ‘fun’ interaction with potential tenants
two law students checked out OK on the credit and background checks – I was ready to rent to them and we met at the unit to sign the rental agreement and exchange keys / checks / etc
when they saw the rental agreement they made up some BS story and left
the only thing I can figure out is that they saw they would be renting from my LLC and not me as an individual – they were probably planning a trip-and-fall accident / lawsuit and knew they couldn’t easily play that game with an LLC
~
this snippet is from another website – it pretty well sums up my feelings after 8 years of being a landlord:
“Problem is, most people get where the whole business of dealing with Tenants (largely deadbeats and scumbags) and local/state laws that favor the tenant and screw the landlord just, generally, makes them puke. “
March 17, 2010 at 10:56 AM #5277174plexownerParticipantanother ‘fun’ interaction with potential tenants
two law students checked out OK on the credit and background checks – I was ready to rent to them and we met at the unit to sign the rental agreement and exchange keys / checks / etc
when they saw the rental agreement they made up some BS story and left
the only thing I can figure out is that they saw they would be renting from my LLC and not me as an individual – they were probably planning a trip-and-fall accident / lawsuit and knew they couldn’t easily play that game with an LLC
~
this snippet is from another website – it pretty well sums up my feelings after 8 years of being a landlord:
“Problem is, most people get where the whole business of dealing with Tenants (largely deadbeats and scumbags) and local/state laws that favor the tenant and screw the landlord just, generally, makes them puke. “
March 17, 2010 at 5:03 PM #526941poorgradstudentParticipantI don’t actually have a lot to add except the rental market moves *really* fast. It amazes me that in a world where you normally have to give 30 days notice I regularly see apartments put up for rent signs and people moving in less than 2 weeks later. Most property management companies are looking for someone to move in *right now*, not in 2 weeks or 30 days. It’s tough to avoid at least some double-rent overlap when moving.
March 17, 2010 at 5:03 PM #527074poorgradstudentParticipantI don’t actually have a lot to add except the rental market moves *really* fast. It amazes me that in a world where you normally have to give 30 days notice I regularly see apartments put up for rent signs and people moving in less than 2 weeks later. Most property management companies are looking for someone to move in *right now*, not in 2 weeks or 30 days. It’s tough to avoid at least some double-rent overlap when moving.
March 17, 2010 at 5:03 PM #527522poorgradstudentParticipantI don’t actually have a lot to add except the rental market moves *really* fast. It amazes me that in a world where you normally have to give 30 days notice I regularly see apartments put up for rent signs and people moving in less than 2 weeks later. Most property management companies are looking for someone to move in *right now*, not in 2 weeks or 30 days. It’s tough to avoid at least some double-rent overlap when moving.
March 17, 2010 at 5:03 PM #527619poorgradstudentParticipantI don’t actually have a lot to add except the rental market moves *really* fast. It amazes me that in a world where you normally have to give 30 days notice I regularly see apartments put up for rent signs and people moving in less than 2 weeks later. Most property management companies are looking for someone to move in *right now*, not in 2 weeks or 30 days. It’s tough to avoid at least some double-rent overlap when moving.
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