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What kind of tenant are you most easily fooled by.

Rusty Thompson
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Salem, OR
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Being a fairly new landlord (3 years) and having just gotten into my first multi-family. I have found myself making concessions for a certain kind of tenant more than any other. I seem to give much more leeway to the 50 and over crowd. Maybe its because they are my parents age, maybe its because I see the lack of options they have at the end of their hire able years, but I have been taken in twice by older tenants who have fallen on hard times to my detriment. Know that I am aware of my blind spot I will be more careful of it in the future.

What I wonder is, am I the only one. Does anyone else find themselves giving more leeway to a particular demographic?

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