Tenants: Customers or Scum?
A couple of weeks ago there was a posting on the Bigger Pockets forum where the poster described their tenants as SCUM… (don’t go looking for that discussion, it has…
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By Request, Here are my Tenant Rules!
Some readers did ask for my rules. Your rules have to depend on your properties. For example, there’s no point posting rules for using the pool if your property doesn’t…
Apartment Buildings Verse Single Family Homes — An Investment Property Comparison
A lot of the investors that I work with have some experience investing in single family homes but they want to know more about some of the advantages and disadvantages…
Managing Tenants Part Three: Written Criteria for Tenant Selection
Success as a landlord depends on screening tenants-weeding out the Naughty and renting to the Nice. Awareness of (and compliance with the Fair Housing Act is not only necessary, but…
Landlording Tip: Screen Your Tenants
I realize that this is a very basic tenet, but when times are rough, we don’t always follow it. The reason we screen tenants is to ensure that we, as…
