All Forum Posts by: Jeff Gates

Which one is more of a Landlord time waster?

In what order?

• Annual property maintenance and repair emergencies
• Marketing your vacancy
• Managing your applicants and applicant screening

Sometimes these strategies have unattended consequences. If you have only 4 or 5 properties the benefit may not outweigh the overhead.

I will have to disagree with much of the opinions here. As what I see in real life is there is no pattern to follow. A good tenant can come to you in various ways, and various times and with some restrictions on when they can arrive at the location to see the property. Be open minded!

Who pays for electricity? Who pays for light bulbs? - Tenant!

Expect Zillow to notice and respond.

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More and more the promotion of vacancies is on the internet. The workflow of applicant management to screening is a task that needs automation, since in some markets 8-10 folks can apply for a vacant rental. There is a applicant management task, pre screening task, open house task, and screening as well as acceptance task. And then the adverse action notice task so you don't receive a lawsuit.  I understand this workflow intimately. 

Never in a market that you do not understand intimately!

Good reason for a rent surcharge, never hurts to negotiate!

If possible take the check to their bank and cash it at their bank. Never deposit check.