All Forum Posts by: Jack B.

I disqualify them on other grounds as they never meet the qualifications anyways. Any sign of dishonesty during a tour and a changing story from what they told me to get past the screening email to schedule a tour results in a disqualification.

 I've noticed a huge uptick the last couple years in people using the service animal claim with a huge grin on their face to get around the dog policy. It's always some horse sized dog too, usually a pitbull. I've yet to see any of these people mention it's a 4 lb lap dog. It's always some kind of dog that gets rejected everywhere so the service dog thing lets these winners get around the rules, or so they think.

 Reminds me of one of the first few pages of this thread. A tenants colleague (at Burger King??) told her she is allowed to change her due date on rent once a year so it's not late. After the landlord got done laughing, he told her that her colleague is a moron (his words, not mine, but I'd say the same). 

I always love these clueless people. I say that in jest, but really how dumb are these people? I like it when I have four room mates who can't afford tooth paste let alone to rent a house on their own want to argue with me.

I sometimes want to tell them when they own millions in real estate and are a millionaire (self made at that) not to mention pay more in taxes than all of them COMBINED gross in a year, I'll listen to them, but until then, let's assume I know more than you....

Today's genius:

I can only pay $1,600 (rent is $2,295), can we deal dis houze?

I'm thinking: I just bought this place with 100K down and my expenses are $2,195 a month with maintenance, and you want to pay me $1,600 because that's all you can afford???

I'm saying: Rent is $2,295

Of course she has 4 kids, none of which she can feed on her husbands Denny's wage....

 So long as you phrase your comments as your opinion, it cannot  be construed as libel or slander. "In my opinion, your attorney doesn't sound like he knows what he is doing..."

 Meh, I've been sued for a bogus car accident by an illegal alien without a license, who was allowed to drive away unmolested by the Police. Yet they managed to sue me for an accident that was their fault legally for 2 years before it was dismissed.

I have had tenants threaten crap like this before and it didn't go anywhere. As dumb as they were I think they realized they had no case and any legal action would just show they were scammers.

My strategy from now on is to file a counter claim if anyone sues me. This way when I crush their claim against me the judge can rule on my counter claim right then and there. 

I usually give tenants a day or two for free to ease the move in between their old place and the new place. I have a tenant who emailed me and said he has the rest of the money (holding deposit was paid but first and last are ready now) today. My thing is that it's $75 a DAY and $375 over the already free $150 I'm giving them if I give them keys today.

I doubt they would cough up the extra money and elect instead to get the keys a couple days before their move in date.

But then again, it would be nice to get that money today, even without the extra charges. What say ye? I have another tenant I'm meeting up with today as well so I should get about 12K in money. 

 Yes, I held for 6 years, only 2.5 as primary. I had to 1031. Actually all of my houses are like this now. Plus most of my properties are so expensive now that as a single guy I would end up having more than 250K gains to pay capital gains on.

 I have colleagues who look at me funny when I tell them I don't have a Facebook account. These same jokers can't put together 3K to pay their tax bill at the end of the year and gross less than I pay in taxes annually. I got a 7.5K check this year despite having 200K in income and a 400K overall in earnings. Sometimes I want to tell them that I may not have a Facebook, but that's probably why I am a millionaire and they are living in their moms basement living check to check. Too much time on Facebook, Instagram, etc. But these people are literally so dumb they still wouldn't understand. 

I had this happen to me. Bought a REO with cash, cops come with several cars while I'm at work. Leave a card. I call the detective. They are looking for Javier or whatever his name was. I tell them I'm not him. They didn't believe me or that I didn't know him. I explained I'm an IT Engineer and just bought the house from the bank with cash. They left me alone after I forcefully told the detective that I already told her no and that she can look up my info via property tax records otherwise leave me alone, I'm not him and he doesn't live here.