Dance Floor. Lets Work! Renting to College Kids

[Zoran M.]

I'll preface this by saying I'm 27, so just a "few" years removed from college. 

My wife and I own/operate a few properties that we rent to the students of our Alma Mater. We’ve heard plenty of landlord horror stories, particularly those related to college students, but (*knock on wood*) all of our tenants have been tremendous thus far. Good kids; they take care of the property and always pay their rent on time (thanks to mom & dad)

Anyways, we were planning a kitchen remodel at one of the properties over their Christmas break. I started a text message thread with the kids to make them aware so they could get their stuff out of the kitchen. As expected, they were thankful the work was being done. After all, they’re getting new cabinets and granite. Why wouldn’t they be happy?

Then came 1:12AM on a drinking night. Apparently, they forgot their landlord was on the thread:

[Zoran M.]

@Marcia Maynard @Ryan Dossey 

They are good kids, so I don't mind the random late night text.  Liquor bottles, Christmas lights INSIDE and posters are all staple decorative items for college kids. 

They are a little bit more needy than say a family (e.g. "How do we set up electric?"), but overall they pay above-market rents so I don't mind!

We actually just dropped off a few cases of beer to each of the houses as a thank you!