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Tenant Ready Properties Rent Faster
Is Your Vacant Rental Property Tenant Ready? Getting your vacant property tenant ready before you show it is the fastest way to get your property rented. A vacant property can be a scary thing for any landlord. It can be easy to rush the process of getting your...
Do You Allow Pets In Your Rental Properties?
Pets In Your Rental Properties Whether or not to allow pets in your rental is a very touch subject. When you have a property for rent, pets are something you need to bring up early in the conversation. Most everyone that I know loves pets and most of my friends have...
Rental Income Guideline
Rental Income Guideline A rental income guideline is imperative for every landlord to have. Have you ever talked to a prospect and just loved them! They seem to check all of the rental criteria guidelines but one - the MOST important one. The one guideline they...
Emotional Manipulation Of Landlords By Prospects And Applicants
Problem Applicants and Emotional Manipulation As a landlord, have you ever been or felt like you were emotionally manipulated by a prospect or application who had too many issues to qualify to rent from you? If you haven’t had this happen to you, you are lucky. ...
Pre-Screening Prospects – How To Decide Who To Show Your Rental Properties To
Pre-Screening Prospects - How Do I Decide Who To Show My Rental To? Landlords ask me all the time what is the best way to figure out who is actually a good risk and how they can stop wasting their time showing a property to people who don't qualify. My answer is to...
Why You Should Have Rental Criteria
Landlord Tip - Why You Should Have Rental Criteria Rental criteria are crucial for every landlord. They help you quickly identify prospects and applicants who have trouble paying the rent on time and in full every month. Having written guidelines also keeps...
What Is A Tenant Screening Service?
What Is A Tenant Screening Service? A tenant screening service is very valuable for landlords. It is a consumer reporting agency that provides information on your applicants life up to this point. It will include information on the applicants credit including a...
Tenants Who Pay Late
What Do You Do With Tenants Who Pay Late? Tenants who pay late are very common. If you are lucky, they call you and explain why they are paying late. Other tenants don’t bother to let you know and just randomly pay. These late paying tenants are a serious problem if...
Landlord Tip – Have Tenant Rules And Follow Them
Be A Good Landlord And Have Rules When you have rental properties, there are certain rules that your tenants are expected to follow. Rules are great but they only work if you enforce them. For me, this process actually starts in the pre-screening phase. I look for...