Spanish speaking tenants - English or Spanish Leases ?

[Ian Thompson]

Hi BiggerPockets Landlords,

I just picked up a small fourplex in rural CA and after speaking to two of the tenants already on the phone, one speaks no English, so a child was translating for me.  The news coming back was that her apartment was full of spiders (black widows) and cockroaches....

One of the last buildings I bought had similar problems and I have subsequently cured it with Pest Control.

It appears that the other two tenants that I have not spoken to are Hispanic too.

My question for you all is should I be making any effort to supply these people with Spanish language documents, i.e. Leases and other such paperwork or do you do all your business in English ?

Personally I speak a little Spanish, I can order a meal in a restaurant, drink in a bar etc...

I can also use Google Translate etc. pretty well....

We have other Spanish language tenants in different buildings and they all get English leases and we have never had an issue, even when it was time to go to court.

Does anybody do Spanish paperwork ?

Thx,

Ian