Comments on: Avoiding Landlord Stereotypes http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/ Learn, Network, Invest Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:41:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: tony http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-53088 tony Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:34:18 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-53088 why would i want to be friends with my tenants anyway? I have actual friends already. Doesn't mean i can't be compassionate. But its a lot like having kids. When it comes down to the bottom line, its better for them and you to be their parent than their friend. why would i want to be friends with my tenants anyway? I have actual friends already. Doesn’t mean i can’t be compassionate. But its a lot like having kids. When it comes down to the bottom line, its better for them and you to be their parent than their friend.

]]> By: Invoice Factoring http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52954 Invoice Factoring Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:21:04 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52954 Yeah thats the thing, putting it into practice is the most difficult part. Especially when it comes to people its so hard to maintain the "rules" while still maintaining your humanity. It seems like unforseen circumstances and pity always lead to rule breaking. Yeah thats the thing, putting it into practice is the most difficult part. Especially when it comes to people its so hard to maintain the “rules” while still maintaining your humanity. It seems like unforseen circumstances and pity always lead to rule breaking.

]]> By: Sugarloaf Real Estate http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52952 Sugarloaf Real Estate Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:25:44 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52952 Great advice, if only people would actually implement them. Great advice, if only people would actually implement them.

]]> By: Joshua Dorkin http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52948 Joshua Dorkin Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:22:13 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52948 Come and knock on my door . . . . Good times! Come and knock on my door . . . .

Good times!

]]> By: Connie Brzowski http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52947 Connie Brzowski Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:33:52 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52947 Mr. Roper! I forgot all about him. He was the best :) Mr. Roper! I forgot all about him. He was the best :)

]]> By: thewild1 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52946 thewild1 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:45:04 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52946 great advice and the back-up must of been a horrible time. great site by the way great advice and the back-up must of been a horrible time. great site by the way

]]> By: Steven Boorstein http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52942 Steven Boorstein Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:48:35 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2007/12/13/avoiding-landlord-stereotypes/#comment-52942 It funny, my first thought of a landlord was that of Mr. Roper, too. Some "seedy" character who carries a plunger attached to his belt. That's one reason it took me five years from thinking about being a landlord to actually buying a property and doing it. Your rules are great and well founded. I tend to be a little softer on tenants than some landlords. Sometime it creates problems and sometimes I think it actually leads to better tenants. (Any rules you institute can't go against your basic nature... otherwise it won't be enjoyable and will actually be stressful to you.) Thanks for the reality check. Steve Boorstein Landlord Business Insider It funny, my first thought of a landlord was that of Mr. Roper, too. Some “seedy” character who carries a plunger attached to his belt. That’s one reason it took me five years from thinking about being a landlord to actually buying a property and doing it.

Your rules are great and well founded. I tend to be a little softer on tenants than some landlords. Sometime it creates problems and sometimes I think it actually leads to better tenants. (Any rules you institute can’t go against your basic nature… otherwise it won’t be enjoyable and will actually be stressful to you.)

Thanks for the reality check.
Steve Boorstein
Landlord Business Insider

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