All Forum Posts by: Kelly Sennholz

When I post rentals, I am now getting frequent calls from people who appear to be "fake." They do not appear to be in the market for a rental, but appear to be trying to gather data.

I am EXTREMELY CONCERNED about the data collection of landlord info/leases/rentals that is coming up next year. I think everyone is greatly underestimating the power of data used against citizens. I think it is a very very bad idea and am quite concerned that people are brushing off the implications of this invasive maneuver by Denver. 

Anyone else getting these calls? Anyone else with feedback on the new landlord rules? 

I agree with Mike, this is NOT GOOD. I'm frankly surprised more people are not angry about it. Back when the internet was new and privacy concerns arose, I remember so many saying, "I have nothing to hide." But now we see the devastation of that innocence. It has literally brought our nation to its knees.

The fact is, this is a DATA COLLECTION DEVICE, paid for by landlords. DATA is power. Always remember, DATA = POWER.

The myriad of insane ways this can be used is quite concerning. Let's consider the above example of changing lease terms without my permission. Most landlords found out from their tenants. Some still don't know this is a rule change. They did this one change, seemingly fairly benign, and no one pushed back. I could quickly see the mandatory arrival of a mandatory lease created by the city that we all have to use. I could see zoning and other changes, damaging to not only landlords but housing situation here, all passed with little fanfare.

One of the reasons this is such a great place to be a landlord is that even people who are marginal in life skills or having addiction probs, etc, understand that having a good roof over their head requires paying the rent and not damaging the place. It allows landlords to be much more humane and considerate with these good renters. Every rule they slide in, like the late fee on the 7th rule, is another challenge to having good renters.

I'm shocked folks are not more concerned about how YOUR private data and YOUR private contracts can be used by people who know nothing about landlording or real estate. I'm frankly shocked.

Your post was great. You are not responsible for other's comments. Thanks and it is a super topic to discuss! 

Michelle Fenn I am currently "letting go" a renter of a single family unit with same issue. Mom is clearly tired of constantly bailing out her son, so got him to move to our town, hoping he would get it together. He did not. She has paid nearly every month of his rent and when she pulled the plug, he failed. Adult children having Mom find the rental is a clue the child does not have it together enough to learn how to find their own housing. 

Exactly, Harrison. I have a place now with rent by room and I love having an affordable place for people to stay. I picked tenants for their ability to be decent people and nothing else. Every month when they pay the rent they tell me how grateful they are and that is (almost) better than the rent! :) To be able to make an affordable, good place for people to call home.

When you speak this way, you should expect people to comment on it. 

Federal law prohibits discrimination based on many factors, including
race, religion, national origin, familial status, disability, and sex.

Bruce, exhibiting open misogyny on a site for rental properties does not bode well. Clearly, your assumptions are belief systems. Again, in my personal experience I have found the drama with guys to be higher but that does not mean I think "all guys are high drama." That would be an illegal and inaccurate assumption. I rent to a lot of guys who are really great, too. Have respect.

First of all, the comment "If you have a house full of women..." is extraordinarily misogynist. In my experience, the men have far more drama but that is an n of 1.

Secondly, I always rent to people who are neat, responsible, pay their rent, no "issues" such as drinking/drug use/violent romantic partners, etc. The sex or sexual orientation, race, etc. of the person is irrelevant.

C'mon guys, hop into the 2000s.

Fabulous move on your part. So happy you got it handled.  Congratulations. 

I've had that work before, calling the police. But it required me to meet them there and yell at the police so hard they almost arrested me. Technically in my area, squatters have rights, it's insane but it is what it is.