What?! Tenant's are liars? Shocking!

[Michael Paling]

I've been a landlord for a little over 2 years and I've learned a lot of stuff, but one of the most annoying lesson's I'm dealing with is that I just can't trust anything tenants say. At least 3 out of 6 tenants I've had have been liars. I know that's not many yet, and I'm still new, but I'm curious what you all think is the percentage of tenant that DON'T lie. 50%? 25? 2? 0%?

I'll just keep working on learning to stop trusting tenants as if they all lie, but I'm just curious.

[Wesley W.]

I've always responded to what a tenant DOES, never to what they SAY they will do.  With regards to issues involving the contract, it's literally "Charlie Brown teacher" to my ears.

Also, only offering MTM leases allows you to more easily mitigate a tenancy where someone is acting incongruent with your initial impression of them.