Looking to rent my rental house out to tenants with section 8

[Adrian Dominguez]

HI All,

I just purchased a property 3 bed 1 bath and will be renting it out. I think I want to rent this property out to tenants that have section 8 . I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this ? And if so can you share a bit of the pros or cons ? I appreciate any feed back in advance I'm leaning towards doing it but don't know anybody with any experience on this topic. Thanks

[Sandy Gabin]

Hi Adrian,

I did have section 8 tenants because I had inherited them while purchasing a property. The pros of having section 8 tenants is that the rent was always in my checking account. The cons that I had experienced was that the tenants would smoke marijuana and complain to have things fixed. Luckily, I had decided to get rid of the complaining tenant because I had told section 8 that I wasn't going to have the job finished by the given time. Now, I don't have Section 8 tenants, and I am the happiest landlord. 

Again, this is my past experience and I would rather not be in the position that I was before. Other things happened, but I wouldn't finish tonight by telling you the whole story from those tenants. 

You decide what you want to do. Hope this helps.