What are some of the laughable things you’ve heard?

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I am new to the rental property game and have just one house. I am trying to find a tenant and it isn’t stressful it is taking a bit of time.

On the upside I get to head some rather entertaining stories such as;

“How much would the deposit be? I'm trying to move out of the apartment complex I'm at now because they've refused to fix the AC for 6 months. And they just turned out electricity off because we refused to pay rent. I have a daughter and my fiance and I'm trying to find somewhere we can go as soon as possible”

And she was seriously trying to rent my place.

What are are some of funny things that you’ve heard?

James Wise · Answer

Here is a goody from our maintenance request system.

Christine Mwai · Answer

I don’t know if I would term rental property as a “game”, coz jokes aside it is a serious business, investment and people live’s and money are involved. That being said, I’ve had a tenant tell me he was behind on rent coz “his wife died”... they were going through a divorce.  He did not know I had seen and spoken to her the previous day when dropping off my child to a friend in the same neighborhood. So my reply was this, “ She died? Did you kill her last night or today?”

She was VERY alive and well 😝

Michael Gansberg · Answer

I had a prospect ask for a 20% discount on rent because the two parking spaces were shared among three apartments.

I responded- “Why don’t I create a third parking space, cut the rent in half, and build an international airport with your name on it to boot?”

Never heard back from her, oddly. I thought it was a great offer! 😂

What are some of the laughable things you’ve heard?

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