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To: deport
My husband and I are landlords of 21 units. I am happy to say that only one tenant stopped paying. Everyone else, pretty much had no problem paying, some lates but always paid. They kept their job, got another job, got unemployment and all could pay.

The conversations I have had with other landlords with tenants not paying, its intentional. There is so much help out there for tenants, the only ones not paying are dirtbags and they are intentionally not paying. With 20 years of this under our belts, we can say, background checks, former landlord calls, credit checks, references all pay off in having successful tenants. If the pandemic happened 20 years ago, when we were new at this, had a mortgage and all our tenants were dirtbags, we would have lost our apartments.

10 posted on 07/31/2021 6:31:21 AM PDT by thirst4truth (America, What difference does it make?)
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To: thirst4truth

Many, many years ago I was in the landlord position with a few
units. It didn’t take me long to realize that I didn’t want to spend
the rest of my life dealing with those problems. Take care.


15 posted on 07/31/2021 6:35:33 AM PDT by deport ( )
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To: thirst4truth

My family was very very lucky as well. We own six rental homes, all paid for - and all of our tenants kept up their rent payments. Rentals are very scarce in this area - and all but one are in a conservative county. The one over the line in a lefty county - the most expensive one - we’ve had trouble evicting tenants b/c lefty judges kept giving them extension after extension and bought their stupid, phony excuses. Last time this happened, we had to get the sheriff, a locksmith and a county mental health facilitator to get the idiot out.

The home was completely trashed, the deposit didn’t cover a fraction of the damage to the home - after they’d lived there rent-free for over a year. They even broke the toilets - I mean the porcelain part, not just the plumbing. We also had to take a barrage of phone calls from neighbors who kept calling the police and wanted the idiots out - the male was the main breadwinner and he fled leaving the crazy ex-girlfriend and that’s who we had trouble getting out - b/c judges kept letting her get away with it - on OUR dime.

Of course the landlords side is rarely, if ever, in the media. If anything we are excoriated as greedy and evil.


18 posted on 07/31/2021 6:41:58 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: thirst4truth

I’ve been a renter ever since I lost my husband. There was a time in the 80’s when I lost my job but I still paid rent before any other expenditure and kept my car going. It was a problem making ends meet but you sacrifice everything but necessities. No shopping trips, no entertainment, none of the usual enjoyments of life. And you find alternatives. A walk in the park, a packed lunch at a picnic table. Etc.

I just think those who don’t pay are often unwilling to make the adjustments necessary to make it work. And if you really can’t pay then move in with a family member or take a room somewhere.


22 posted on 07/31/2021 6:45:17 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: thirst4truth

Yup - good screening is an important skill for a landlord. I don’t have as many as you but I didn’t have anyone not pay. I have one that’s been about a half month behind on rent since this started but have consistently paid. The rest all on time. I look for high credit, stable job history, single family unit (as opposed to multiple individuals applying together) that can pay the first month rent and security deposit (equal to first month rent) up front at signing. I have never had to evict anyone and only had two tenants ever that I’ve had to use all or part of their security deposit. I even had one tenant add $6k in capital investments of their own money in the backyard at one of my former homes for expanded patio etc.


34 posted on 07/31/2021 7:09:28 AM PDT by rb22982 ( )
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“With 20 years of this under our belts, we can say, background checks, former landlord calls, credit checks, references all pay off in having successful tenants”

I do the same. Since 2002 I have had one bad tenant.
I charge $75 per person for the checks-refunded if they get accepted. That alone weeds out most of the bad ones. People with bad credit never go further.
I have many single woman tenants. They tell me they are happy I do these checks to keep out bad element.

Many of my renters have been with me 8-10+ years.


51 posted on 07/31/2021 7:28:10 AM PDT by setter
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We maintain 25 units in 13 houses. All but one has paid faithfully. They have all stayed put. the one being evicted turned down rental assistance, and we dutifully sent the check back. Now he tells me he, “F’d up” Yeah, well I don’t GAS either. He is going. It will be rented the day we clean it.


61 posted on 07/31/2021 7:48:38 AM PDT by healy61
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