All Forum Posts by: Nadir M.

I had an applicant that I was interested in and wanted to contact their previous landlord to ask about their rental history. The  previous landlord was managing an apartment complex of over a thousand units. When I sent them my landlord reference form to complete for this existing applicant, The answered “unable to answer, it’s company policy”. So as you can see this was of no help to me at all. Tenant has no previous landlord history.  what do you guys recommend or how do I move forward? First time form didn’t help me out 

 I’m your experience would you forgo tenant or move forward. They seem to meet all criteria. 

Has anyone had any experience with picking tenants that were maintenance supervisors or handyman? I ask because I’m not sure if anything were to break whether they would want to fix it themselves or not and ask to take the amount off the rent or charge the landlord for repair. How do I go about this? I’m just curious   

 I’ve developed this process. I ask them the questions regarding my requirements then if they answer yes then I’ll show them properly. If they like then they need to apply. 

 I agree. The only bad tenant I had were the ones placed by my PM. I’ve since fired them and took over. I plan on learning the ins and outs to the best of my ability then hand it over to a new PM

 I will do just this!!! Thanks you for your expertise 

I’m definitely going to develop newer strategies. Also, when going to visit other property to check them out, what mostly are you guys looking for? Anything outside the obvious? 

A lot of applicants wanted to see the house before they filled out an application. I told them that they must fill out an application to make sure that they are qualified before I do any showings. Majority of them did not like that so they decided not to apply which is fine with me because more than likely they were not even qualified to begin with. One applicant was qualified but they had an infection on their record. When I called the current landlord they said that you do not have an eviction and I found out that the eviction  was actually an error. They were not very happy because I did not believe them. Not my fault I was just doing my due diligence. Another I was unable to show when they wanted because I was trying to stack up the showings. I made a lot of errors. I had 26 applications. Lost count how many calls I received. 

I recently listed one of my rentals about a week ago. I’ve recieved 26 applications so I know my price is right. The reason I have not chosen someone is because the previous tenant really left my property in bad shape and I was holding off for rock star tenants. I had one rock star tenant but they didn’t like the overall quality of the house. The mistake I also made was not completely finishing the house before listing. There were still some things that had to be done, ie closet door instillation, lots of landscaping, and minor touch ups. Some applicants said they will show up but they didn’t, other showed up and liked the property but not submitting application. One said she’s having trouble submitting application. The house is in a decent area. Prob B+-B- neighborhood. Out of the 26 I would say probably 22 met my criteria. I will not rent to an under qualified tenant. I will lose money for holding on market before I rent it out to someone who I feel like will maybe be problematic. I guess since I didn’t move quick enough in the beginning of finding the first qualified tenant, what my next step now? Keep it on market until I find someone. Eventually everyone will need to start looking once their leases start to expire. Should I remove the listed and re list once house is 100% ready? Should I keep on market? Should I lower my price? Should I sell (just kidding)