It’s shocking to me how many investors in this business don’t even know what that is. 

This led me to start looking in the Brookline, Whitehall, Brentwood, and Pleasant Hills neighborhoods.

So my previous tenants were pleasant surprised that they got better credit scores.In summary to landlords, my recommendation based on real life experience:1.DO not use smartmove.com to screen tenants...There are better softwares.2.

Pleasant.

I admit: German tax code is not a pleasant read.

You’d be shocked by how little actual screening many PMC’s do!

But the most common tenant misconceptions have to do with not understanding that a lease is a contract.They are SHOCKED to learn (1) they are responsible, financially, for the FULL term of the lease even if they have a “good reason” to want to move out early (job transfer, moving in with girlfriend, don’t like the downstairs neighbor), unless the lease or local rental law says otherwise (2) “damage” includes painting the walls purple and the cost is putting the walls professionally back to off white (3) they have to follow any rules laid out by the lease, the HOA, and the governmental authorities (4) rent due on the “1st” is actually LATE and subject to penalty and or eviction if not paid by the 1st (5) the bs that worked on their parents in their pre adult life ( the dog ate my homework, I was sick so I didn’t do well on the exam, nobody told me class started at 8) doesn’t work in the real world.

Probably faint from shock.

Isn't life just full of pleasant surprises?

Things began to grow sustainably throughout the 90s but nothing shocking.