Ever been the bearer of bad news to your STR tenants?

[Paul Sandhu]

The first time was pretty petty.  A guy had a flat tire, and I took it to get fixed while he worked.  There was a chip on the rim about the size of a quarter where the bead goes.  Had to have the rim tigged before it would accept the tire.

Second time, some of my tenants working day shift called me around 3:00 and said they were all leaving.  The whole crew had been layed off, day and night shift.  Probably 20-30 guys.  I gave a partial refund to the day shift people, then headed over to the big house where 8 night shift guys were probably waking up.  Here I am at the door with several hundred dollars handing out refunds.  The foreman asked me what was going on.  I told him that he was layed off.  He get's on the phone with his boss and I hear "Why the eff am I being told we're being layed off by our landlord instead of you!"  I figured they already knew before I went over there.

Third time.  2 of my tenants were neighbors and turned into good friends.  Eventually one of them moved back home.  The tenant that was left, he eventually died while he was renting from me.  I contacted the ones that moved back home to let them know.