All Forum Posts by: Tyler Ansell

We started using Arlo recently, not too shabby. Check em out.

Some of the stuff you find in applications is hilarious. Especially when they tell you "No I've been making awesome money and my credit is stellar for the past 25 years" LOL, right.

If they're calling you. I always pay more attention to the questions they ask, a good tenant in my experience is asking questions that are not "how much is rent" and "when can I move in". 

Get a notecard with bullet points of your requirements and put it on or near your phone. Keep it in your wallet or somewhere you'll always have it nearby. When they call, chat for awhile about everything BUT your unit. 

Ask questions (write these down too if you need) such as:

-Why are you moving

-Where did you live before

-What did you like about it there

-Where do you work/What do you do for a living

 Then if you feel good about it after that go ahead and tell them about your offering and make sure you preface your requirements with a sentence like: "Great, now here are the exact requirements to rent this unit...blah blah blah blah" Right down your list.

Once you finish, be certain to ask "Do you meet all of those criteria?" If so, go ahead and exchange info and get them an application.

@Arnie Guida

Get a reputable company to come out and do an assessment (usually free). Once they tell you what you're looking at as far as breed/possible treatment recommendations you can decide if you want to do what @Jeff B. said and take the first one and issue a warning to them about any further issues. OR, if they say that it's definitely tenant induced and due to nastiness then I'd skip straight to making them pay for it. 

If you want to look into doing it yourself let me know, we handle almost 600 units in-house except in extreme circumstances and I can show you products and use to handle it.

Those bank trips are awesome!

Trust your gut @Stacy Patlan. They need you, you don't need them. Let someone else deal with their problems. I want tenants that I can shake their hand, they smile and I can call their work/past landlord and get a glowing recommendation. Another little known trick---call the emergency contact they list on their application and see what they have to say. Sometimes you can gain some valuable insight.

Pick another applicant. Headache in screening=headache living there.

Maybe after some more doors are picked up it would make sense to switch to an electronic system. The neighboring complex uses it and they can reset/change locks from an app. 

Also, if these are "student housing" apartment complexes that you're referencing (I manage one personally with 600 kids). Then they are leasing by the bedroom, you will likely be leasing these units conventionally, as in the whole unit on one lease. My 3 bedroom units if you rented each bedroom would be over $2000 a month. We have most 3/2 SFR rentals in the same area going for $1200-1500. @Bradley Stidham

It's not going to hurt to have something documented with the sheriff. @Randa C.