for my long-term tenants, I ask these questions:
... tell me about your pet situation
... How many people will be living in the unit?
... are the people in the unit inside outside or non-smokers?
... if I did a drug, criminal, credit check on you, is there anything I should know?
and by extending the process, some of them may have found other accommodations. You need to be lightning fast to get a prospect. They want to hear that they have the place and that it suits their needs at the price they think is Worthy.
perhaps instead of a formal credit check, you should be using something like USA search to try to find potential problems.
Originally posted by
@Michael Ablan:
Hey guys,
Looking for advise. I recently turned one of my SFH into a house for transient workers (traveling nurses, ect). I've found great demand for the product, but everyone backs out when I ask them to do the following.
Fill out an applicant
Go through the background/credit check
Pay a security deposit or move in fee
Am I going about this wrong? I've had 4 qualified candidates back out because of these things. I don't feel comfortable letting them in without knowing anything about them, or getting any kind of security deposit.
Does anyone else do this strategy? What have you found works/doesnt work?