Dance Floor. Lets Work! Renting to College Kids
I'll preface this by saying I'm 27, so just a "few" years removed from college.
My wife and I own/operate a few properties that we rent to the students of our Alma Mater. We’ve heard plenty of landlord horror stories, particularly those related to college students, but (*knock on wood*) all of our tenants have been tremendous thus far. Good kids; they take care of the property and always pay their rent on time (thanks to mom & dad)
Anyways, we were planning a kitchen remodel at one of the properties over their Christmas break. I started a text message thread with the kids to make them aware so they could get their stuff out of the kitchen. As expected, they were thankful the work was being done. After all, they’re getting new cabinets and granite. Why wouldn’t they be happy?
Then came 1:12AM on a drinking night. Apparently, they forgot their landlord was on the thread:
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"Your all soft" hahahah. I would have texted them the next day that I hope they had an enjoyable evening and asked how the "work in the corner by the dance floor went". You know at the very least one of them woke up hung over and realized you were in that group. They are probably dreading seeing you.
My brother and I were on a road trip and I asked him to text my wife an update. He thought it would be funny to profess my love for her in that same text. Trouble was he sent it to a state senator who I was negotiating a Real Estate deal with.... Senator texted back "Thanks love you too. lol" At least he took it well!