All Forum Posts by: Andrea Jones

 Gotcha!

Some of those questions are a little odd?? Do you know what the motives may have been?

 I was actually thinking the opposite...keeping communications to emails (unless I have a PM), to cover myself. Example, if they say I verbally gave them permission to paint the walls black and purple, when I didn't. If they asked in an email, I would have a paper trail showing otherwise. Because some landlords will verbally make exceptions to the lease, I feel like that would cover me without a doubt? 

Wow, LOTS of great comments and opinions. I'm a 'hope for the best but prepare for the worst type of person'. That way, anything above mediocre is a bonus!

That's what I was getting at. With my business now, that's where I have run into issues of longer term problems. 

Most recent example was the client who had buyers remorse. She asked if the puppies were pottie trained. Uh, they are 8 weeks, so no?! Also asked personality. I told her to expect the puppy period to last two years before they settle.

Because I wanted to make sure she understood everything, I tweaked the contract. They have to sign that they understand the level of care a puppy takes (I included examples) and normal puppy behavior.

This lady turned out to be a nightmare to deal with and I had to get a lawyer involved.

So when people don't read, it concerns me. Will they sign a lease, then ignore the terms, claim they didn't understand, or demand things that are not in the contract...

Or people who keep everything including the kitchen sink in there. Hoarder alert!

Very good example of a self centered tenant, thank you.

The guy with bad hygiene, was your worry that he would trash the place?

My MIL is very fastidious about her appearance. Her hair is perfect, always make up, likes her clothes to go with her jewelry. Her car is immaculate. And not surprisingly, her home is very well kept (can eat off the floor) and everything that breaks is fixed asap. Not that things break often because she takes care of everything well.

If somewhere were to show up with bad hygiene, or a Taco Bell graveyard in their car, I would have to look for different tenants I think lol

 Can you give me an example of this?

I should say, I don't think asking questions is bad. If you are going to live somewhere, it's completely okay. I was just using the analogy of my breeding business and a trend of bad buyers that I have noticed. Took me several years to connect those dots because the majority of then are great. But does it get to a point where they go overboard with questions. Or ask questions that were already covered before they met with you. 

Have you ever had needy tenants and looked back seeing where their may have been some red flags?

I'll add an example. If I'm showing a house, and their car is messy and the woman's purse is overflowing and not organized, that would be a sign that they may not be great caretakers of my property.