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BlogsLandlording Weird questions

Posted about 15 years ago

Weird questions

During one of the showings, the couple was asking rather weird questions:

- How long did the previous tenant live here? - Was that last tenant evicted ? - When did they move out?

Can't help but wonder - why these questions? Why not ask about community amenities?

Any ideas? 

 

Comments (6)

  1. Thanks Charles

    George P., about 15 years ago


  2. I don't believe that I have ever questions like these. It does sound like the potential tenants wanted to know why the last tenant left. Perhaps a little about what kind of landlord you ight be.

    Account Closed, about 15 years ago


  3. Jon - that's what I thought, but I didn't want to steer the conversation. Thanks for your input!

    George P., about 15 years ago


  4. Perhaps they were interested in how you as a landlord deal with tenants (or problem tenants). If I were renting, I'd be interested in talking to other tenants, especially ones that lived in the unit I was about to rent.

    Jon Klaus, about 15 years ago


  5. Could be, but this was the first-time rental (never rented before)...

    George P., about 15 years ago


  6. These questions are certainly odd. Maybe they weren't interested in the apartment, but knew the prior tenant and were looking for personal information - info which you didn't give to them . . . right?

    Joshua D., about 15 years ago