Dont be this landlord

[Steven Torrez]

My wife and I were looking for a bigger place to stay while she was in college. As our one bedroom apartment just didn't have the room we'd like. So we went to our local property management company and grabbed a list of rentals they had available. After a couple hours of driving around the different neighborhoods we found a place that looked exactly like we wanted. A quick trip and a signature later we had the keys to look inside.

When we opened the door the musty carpet smell hit our noses immediately. I could tell that the carpets had been steam cleaned recently. As we walked in the doorway and looked around every wall in the living room, kitchen, (common areas) were painted a different color. It was hideous. But even then I was trying to keep an open mind. My wife and I started down the hall to see what the rest of the house looked like when I noticed the carpet. About an inch from the wall on both sides throughout the majority of the house the carpet was green, moldy green. It was easy to tell that was the same distance the steam cleaner wasn't able to get close enough to clean.

Even though there were three bedrooms, they were all tiny. Master bedroom included. A queen bed would only fit if you didn't have any furniture in there and you only needed a foot or two around the edges on all sides.

Anyway, the property owner obviously didn't look at the property before the PM put it back up for rent.

Spend the money and get matching paint, don't cheap out and buy whatever paint rejects the local hardware store has. (and make sure your handman knows this too) And most importantly, don't leave any mold behind.

He would have saved a considerable amount of money in vacancy had he not cheaped out, and kept tabs on how his property was being managed.

Just some thoughts I had