Rental Property Investor · Erie, PA · Member since 2018 · 6k+ posts · 9k+ votes
7y
Geez no way ! Look You should be professional and have a separate account . One for business and a private one for friends and family . It’s okay to be friendly with tenants .. however it’s not okay to actually be friends .
Rental Property Investor · Northern, CA · Member since 2012 · 5k+ posts · 5k+ votes
7y
I don't have Facebook but if I did I wouldn't do it. Why would you want your tenants to see all your personal info, family, vacation photos, etc? No good can come from it.
Rental Property Investor · Erie, PA · Member since 2018 · 6k+ posts · 9k+ votes
7y
Geez no way ! Look You should be professional and have a separate account . One for business and a private one for friends and family . It’s okay to be friendly with tenants .. however it’s not okay to actually be friends .
Investor · Manteca, CA · Member since 2017 · 1k+ posts · 2k+ votes
7y
Hell no...... I don't want them within my personal life in any way shape or form. If you want to use FB for your business, then have a separate account for that and allow tenants to be "friends" on that page..... but NO WAY on my personal account.
Investor · Tampa, FL · Member since 2011 · 2k+ posts · 3k+ votes
7y
This is the most emphatic NO I've ever given here on BP. Every piece of advice on this website is debatable, but I can't imagine anyone would advise this would be a good idea.
Rental Property Investor · Douglas County, MO · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
7y
I have applicants try to friend me on Facebook. No way! I do have a few former tenants on my friend list, but not current ones. Well, except for the ones who were friends before they were tenants. (Yes, I know, don't rent to friends or family, but it works for us.)
Rental Property Investor · Central, FL · Member since 2016 · 950 posts · 821 votes
7y
That’s a big heck no. I don’t even tell my tenants my last name. I’m Eric C to them and in correspondence. Heck I have friends that I don’t want them to see my vacation pictures let alone a tenant.
Specialist · Easton, PA · Member since 2018 · 1k+ posts · 2k+ votes
7y
@Charlie Moore
In the past (I’m no longer on fb), when I’ve gotten requests from tenants, I would text them and explain that I keep business and personal life separate. They understand and there’s no hard feelings. But it’s a big NO.
Rental Property Investor · Winona, MN · Member since 2018 · 87 posts · 90 votes
7y
@Charlie Moore, I would not. However, I do like looking up prospective tenants on Facebook — many of their pages give you a good idea about how they conduct themselves.
Real Estate Agent · Cleveland, OH · Member since 2019 · 359 posts · 295 votes
7y
@Charlie Moore I would not. My 1 friend who is a landlord accepted a tenants friend request and through this he found out the tenant got a new puppy (lease states no pets at all) so sucked for her and worked out for him hahaha.
Rental Property Investor · Edison, NJ · Member since 2016 · 753 posts · 565 votes
7y
@Charlie Moore. You need to keep a professional relationship with your tenants. Do not even think about adding them on Facebook. There is not any upside to doing it. Plus if something goes wrong such as they think you have not made a repair fast enough or they decide to stop paying the rent, they could message your family and friends to complain about you.
I would not only not accept the request, I would make sure that all of your posts are set to be for friends only and that your about section is friends only too (not for public) and I would block them. Then I would either text or email them to let them know that you noticed their friend request but that you have a policy to not friend your tenants because you want to keep the relationship professional.