First time meeting my tenant

[Harith Hadi]

Hello BP’s

I finally closed on my first duplex after listening to bigger pockets for countless hours and overcome my analysis paralyses

I have a tenant living on the other side

Any ideas on how to meet my tenant for the first time and how to let him know there is a new landlord(property manager)?

And how to set his payment to me from now on?

Thanx for taking the time to answer a newbie

[Michael King]

Send a courtesy letter or call them before knocking on the door to introduce yourself. In my opinion people are a little Covid sensitive right now, rightly so. 

I sent a letter to my inherited tenants setting out options for payment, how to contact me, that I'd be around to meet them in the coming weeks, and that the lease they had remained in force. I felt like they had more uncertainty about new ownership than I did, so I just wanted to reassure them and set the tone.