Occasionally there is reasoning beyond the element of security from unwanted external sources coming inside, such as that of a child that may be prone to fleeing.

No hidden fees, up-charging or unpleasant surprises.· Looking for long term relationships with owners and helping them grow their portfolio.· Great softwares, accounting and bookkeeping which better the experience for all sides.· Always having owner’s best interest in mind.· Provide premium service which usually comes at a higher price.· Great reviews on all platforms, mostly from property owners.· Great reputation & highly recommended by realtors and other local professionals.· Always answer the phone in good and bad times.· Regular inspections and maintenance which save investors money and prolong the life of AC, appliances, water heaters etc.· Using great vendors who only go out once, complete the job and guarantee that if anything goes wrong, they will be back to fix it. · Better rates from vendors because they have large volume of work for them and get special treatment.· Quick turns when property becomes vacant, quality work at reasonable rates.· Saving money for their investors.· Providing great experience for tenants and realizing that a happy tenant is the key for a successful investment.· Help plan repairs and keep you updated on upcoming repairs in the near future.· Willing to admit they made a mistake and correct it.· MOST IMPORTANTLY - Manage the investment not just the property – maintain the asset in optimal condition, constantly increase cashflow, limit liability and avoid issues with the investment.1st Type of Owners/Investors:· Appreciate the work done by their property management team.· Pleasant to work with.· Treat the relationship as a partnership.· Extremely diligent in their initial search for property management companies.

Every situation I encounter that's unpleasant from my business's point of view, I design a system and implement it so I avoid it in the future.Good luck!

Not as many unpleasant surprises as I'd expected, and even some pleasant ones.One area where I've still got some holes is finding guys to do the work I'm not doing myself.

But that is the very reason that I try to, best I can, keep a detached demeanor with them because I never want a tenant to think that our primary relationship is anything more than landlord-tenant (or lessor-lessee, from the other thread, or my favorite "God of Thunder, Overseer-serf" ;)  ) in case it goes somewhere that requires unpleasantness.

You can deny them because they were unpleasant and they would have to show tax records on the business, or you can deny for not having an income.

They range from the tenant looking his marbles completely and putting a bullet through his brain, destroying his credit and his chances at getting Section 8 by refusing to move and going through an eviction, disappearing in the night and leaving all of his stuff in place including the 60 pounds of readymix Quikcrete he put down down the basement clearout as a parting gift.Anything that allows a tenant to divorce himself from unpleasant realities that will eventually come back to haunt them is not a good thing.

I don't know the laws, but I would hope that you would eventually be able to recover all lost rent if you were genuinely dealing with the maintenance backlog as fast as you can.This sounds like a really unpleasant situation and I'm sorry that you had to deal with it this soon into your REI journey.

.- So, after an unpleasant 4 hours of phone calls on a Friday afternoon/evening and what I am sure will be over $1000 in emergency plumbing service, I am now looking forward to an unpleasant Monday morning of Me vs.

I was very unpleasantly surprised when I tried to do my first true BRRR deal on a six unit in Cicero.