Better house = better renters?

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For you experienced landlords have you found that by putting nicer things in your home that it attracts a renter that is less likely to destroy your place? Or am I just as likely/unlikely to have my place destroyed by renters?

I'm just about to put in some nice cabinets and granite counter tops into my first rental because at some point I will probably move into this house but I am also hoping that it will possibly attract a renter that wont want to destroy my place.

[Steve Rozenberg]

It all starts with your screening process, putting the right person in your property will take care of 90% of your potential problems. I know this lesson personally and very hard earned. We used to have over a 30% eviction rate mainly because we were putting the wrong people in the properties and not having the right policies and procedures in place to handle those clients.

Once we started being strict on who we put in our properties we went down to a less then 2% eviction rate and one of the highest rated and reviewed property management companies on Google for Houston market, this is by both Tenants as well as owners. 

Be strict who you allow in and make sure you postion them in the beginning and your life will be a lot easier.