Comments on: Landlords: This Is One of The Many Benefits of Treating Your Tenants Like Gold… http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/08/05/landlords-benefits-treating-tenants-gold/ Learn, Network, Invest Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blake Wyatthttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/08/05/landlords-benefits-treating-tenants-gold/#comment-67502 Blake Wyatt Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:47:15 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=6187#comment-67502 Great advice! Many landlords seem to forget that it's still a customer service business. Great advice! Many landlords seem to forget that it’s still a customer service business.

]]> By: Gene Urbanhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/08/05/landlords-benefits-treating-tenants-gold/#comment-67479 Gene Urban Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:49:15 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=6187#comment-67479 Great article! The first point you made is valuable. I take a similar path and tell my prospective tenants the following:"I will never pay your rent for you. In other words, never come to me saying you can't pay your rent and expect me to work with you. I provide a quality home, you pay the rent and take good care of it... period. If you need money for rent, ask your family,friends, bank, or anyone else but never me"For some reason tenants think the landlord is there to help. As landlords, we have a responsibility to erase this myth. It is not healthy for us or our tenants. .-= Gene Urban´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatinvestmenthomesaz/yavj/~3/QMN0EldOKYE/what-to-do-with-personal-property-abandoned-by-a-tenant-ars-331370.html" rel="nofollow">What To Do With Personal Property Abandoned By a Tenant... ARS 33-1370</a> =-. Great article! The first point you made is valuable. I take a similar path and tell my prospective tenants the following:

“I will never pay your rent for you. In other words, never come to me saying you can’t pay your rent and expect me to work with you. I provide a quality home, you pay the rent and take good care of it… period. If you need money for rent, ask your family,friends, bank, or anyone else but never me”

For some reason tenants think the landlord is there to help. As landlords, we have a responsibility to erase this myth. It is not healthy for us or our tenants.
.-= Gene Urban´s last blog ..What To Do With Personal Property Abandoned By a Tenant… ARS 33-1370 =-.

]]> By: Build Bankrollhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/08/05/landlords-benefits-treating-tenants-gold/#comment-67458 Build Bankroll Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:49:46 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=6187#comment-67458 Your last point is makes a lot of sense to me, but I never thought about it that way. Just like the rich hang out together, people who rent are probably friends with other people who rent. .-= Build Bankroll´s last blog ..<a href="http://buildbankroll.com/2009/08/house-16-under-contract/" rel="nofollow">House #16 – Under Contract</a> =-. Your last point is makes a lot of sense to me, but I never thought about it that way. Just like the rich hang out together, people who rent are probably friends with other people who rent.
.-= Build Bankroll´s last blog ..House #16 – Under Contract =-.

]]> By: Jon Klaushttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/08/05/landlords-benefits-treating-tenants-gold/#comment-67444 Jon Klaus Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:33:50 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=6187#comment-67444 My tenants will feed my kids and put them through college, so I try to super please them, too. Besides asking them to pay the rent on time and care for the home, I also ask them to be a good neighbor, too.Great idea on asking for references--that's the best way to build most small businesses. My tenants will feed my kids and put them through college, so I try to super please them, too. Besides asking them to pay the rent on time and care for the home, I also ask them to be a good neighbor, too.

Great idea on asking for references–that’s the best way to build most small businesses.

]]> By: Christinahttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/08/05/landlords-benefits-treating-tenants-gold/#comment-67433 Christina Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:08:46 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=6187#comment-67433 I'd love to see your zero tolerance company policy. That sounds really interesting! I’d love to see your zero tolerance company policy. That sounds really interesting!

]]> By: Aimee Millerhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/08/05/landlords-benefits-treating-tenants-gold/#comment-67430 Aimee Miller Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:30:46 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=6187#comment-67430 This is a great article and such a positive reminder for all businesses. If you treat your customers well they will be loyal and will market for you. The best part is this is something any management company can do and it doesn't cost any money! This is a great article and such a positive reminder for all businesses. If you treat your customers well they will be loyal and will market for you. The best part is this is something any management company can do and it doesn’t cost any money!

]]> By: M Realtyhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/08/05/landlords-benefits-treating-tenants-gold/#comment-67426 M Realty Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:26:24 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=6187#comment-67426 Sounds like a reasonable assumption to me, but it is always a great idea to get it down on paper so that you can protect yourself in case you made a bad decision on a tenant. The zero tolerance policy makes sure that people know what is expected of them each and every month.-Tyler Sounds like a reasonable assumption to me, but it is always a great idea to get it down on paper so that you can protect yourself in case you made a bad decision on a tenant. The zero tolerance policy makes sure that people know what is expected of them each and every month.

-Tyler

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