My best landlord ever did this_________....

[James Brand]

Hey BP,

Trying to get ideas about ONE THING that really stuck out that your previous landlord did that made the relationship a memorable one (in a favorable way). Conversely, feel free to add something that a terrible landlord did as something to avoid like the plague....

Thanks!

James

[Jerry Bruckenheimer]

This is a bit in reverse as I am the landlord but for my current tenants a bit of a different situation as they are a military family.

The situation was them moving in to my property in Texas and driving from Illinois. Husband and wife, two kids, 2 dogs. 

From experience I know that military moves are fast paced and stressful so I did a few things to ease their transition;

Made sure they left Illinois with keys already in hand even though their lease wasn't officially started so they wouldn't have to go to a hotel or wait to link up with my agent for keys if they arrived at odd hours.

Left Directv hooked up and operational so they could keep the kids entertained during unloading.

Sent a large fresh fruit and snacks basket from Wine Country Gifts so they could have something immediately coming off of road trip food.

Left them some furniture so they wouldn't have to get everything unloaded right away just to have a place to sit and relax after a long trip.

Left them recommendations for the best vet in the area in case they had problems with their pets upon arrival.

Just little things that I hope made for a little less stressful day 1.