4 Easy ways to avoid bad tenants | Real Estate
In this podcast: I am going to share my top 4 tips to make sure that you don’t end up with bad #tenants at your property. And at the end of the video, I may share another bonus tip, which is often overlooked but is a powerful tool for you to use to ensure that you motivate the renter to behave. 1) Which state is your #property in? For instance, in #California, it takes like 6 months to get someone out...I just spoke to someone yesterday whose property was completely trashed. It took him NOV 2019 until NOW (Aug 2020) to #evict the tenants! Here's the worst part: they didn't pay a single dime in rent or #utilities all this time, so he had to pay it while the pandemic is going on; he couldn't even shut off their water/electric - they threw parties and completely trashed it. They had 9 people living in 2 bedrooms. So, If this #property of his was in, say, #Nevada...well, it would take about 2 weeks to get a #Sheriff to evict a non paying tenant. So, that's tip number 1 - Buy in an owner friendly state. 2) Location (other than state): If the #apartment is in a good part of town, it's much less likely to be trashed. I had a #property which was in a good part of town and I had renters living there for a few years without any problems. So, choose to buy property in a good part of town where people who can afford to live there are the ones that apply. Note that these places will ALSO have higher rents and therefore WELL PAYING #renters. If you try to go cheap, then you're going to end up getting a mixed bag of tenants. 3) Vet the person by looking at #credit score and #employment and #savings. You gotta make sure that they can afford to live at your place. You can even have their HR give you a letter indicating what their current salary is and how long they've been employed (and what the state of their employment is). Usually, pay stubs are ok; but I would go one extra step to get this letter. 4) (my fav) contract this out to a PROPERTY MANAGER and let them handle the vetting part. A good property manager is going to cost 8%-10% and they'll handle all issues for you. They'll remind them of #payments and make sure they are up to date. It always is best to remove yourself from being a direct contact with your tenant. The Property manager will lop on late fees etc to ensure they pay. BONUS TIP: Watch the video! If you liked the info in this video, please go ahead and Punch that like button. If you’re looking to start investing, click the #Robinhood link below to start investing and claim your 1 free stock.
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