Comments on: Targeting Terrific Tenants

By: MoneyMan

MoneyMan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:19:36 +0000

Nice job on the reno…night and day difference and I bet the inside is just as nice. Now…make the jump to multifamily and really show those nay sayers you know what your doing!!!

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Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:16:48 +0000

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By: Connie Brzowski

Connie Brzowski — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:55:09 +0000

Rick– glad it helped. Hope things go more smoothly in the future~!

Dart Shop– congratulations on your first purchase! Yeah, we think so too… its coming together very nicely

By: Dart Shop

Dart Shop — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:03:38 +0000

Thats a neat little house.

We have just purchased our first investment property in Australia. We exchange contracts next week, it needs work so we will certainly “suffer” a bit like you did. I hope the hard work will prove rewarding.

By: Rick Marnon, Howell

Rick Marnon, Howell — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:06:11 +0000

I have one rental and I am now looking for more, but my first tenants made me not want to own anymore rentals. The money can be too good to not want to own a few of them atleast. I have been a little more cautious about what I buy and what type of people I will ultimately rent to. This is a very informative article.

Rick Marnon, Howell

By: Connie Brzowski

Connie Brzowski — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:16:24 +0000

Thanks Madison

RJacobsen–Personally, I like SFH’s. I’m sure its just a personal preference, but in general, tenants tend to stay longer, turnover is less and re-rent is quicker (that’s comparing with people I know who prefer multi’s LOL)

I do think you need a certain mindset… I’ve met some sweet old ladies that can rock-the-house with their mad landlording skillz. Mr. Brz is a natural, but I’ve had to learn as we go

By: RJacobsen

RJacobsen — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:02:29 +0000

A few years back my grandmother owned 2 4-plex units, and I can’t count the amount of issues she had with many of her tenants. My grandma, being the sweet old lady that she was, was a huge pushover and her tenants would regularly take advantage of this.

I would have to go knock on many of the tenants doors, a week or so into the month, looking for the rent money. Tenants always paid late, many wouldn’t bother switching the utilities over to their own name, Mexican immigrants would have 10 or more people crammed into a one bedroom, and so on and so on.

There were a lot of headaches caused by the rentals, but on the same note they did bring in residual income.