Waiting for the right tenants

[Susanna Perenboom]

Just closed on my first house hack about two weeks ago! Renovated the unit I’ll be advertising while I slowly put together my own living space. Advertisement has been up over a week, two great potential tenants came by for showings but weren’t even interested enough to fill out an application (I did lower the price after 7 days to match fair market value). Third showing is two newlyweds, husband admits he has a felony on his record (attempted assault with a BB gun four years ago), wife has a newborn, section 8 funded, no jobs, currently homeless. Section 8 would pay a full 6 months of rent and the deposit. Someone tell me not to get discouraged and take these less than ideal tenants.... first mortgage payment looms