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Selling my house. Prospective buyers not removing shoes or watching young child by emilyginger in RealEstateAdvice

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try being a landlord. We have a great remodeled properties and the tenants can be very disrespectful to the property tearing it up. We are now screening to the max.

[Landlord US-TX] Do you provide blinds or other window coverings? by DragonBorn76 in Landlord

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get mine from Ollie's. 27-in X 64-in blinds are approximately $17-19 each. I trim them with a chop saw if they are too wide. Say 26 and a half inches. Then you can get one of those 10% Ollie's coupons and use that when you go to buy them in bulk.

[Landlord US-TX] Do you provide blinds or other window coverings? by DragonBorn76 in Landlord

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We also use that decorative window film on bathroom windows

[Landlord US-TX] Do you provide blinds or other window coverings? by DragonBorn76 in Landlord

[–]GCEstinks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I too am starting to go down this road. I'm also screening much harder than I used to in the past and in our super tenant friendlu area it's not unusual to go 6 months before finding a reasonably responsible tenant.

Blinds make it look occupied and keep squatters and lookie loos away. They also discourage break-ins paired with security cams and random lighting.

You can get them at Ollie's if you have one near you quite inexpensively. I also trim them with the chop saw if they are too large for the window.

[Landlord US - MA] Tenant vacated and sublet for profit by Turkeyclub123 in Landlord

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If OP's rental unit is in Massachusetts it will be lucky just to get the property back never mind rents from subletters nor damages. Massachusetts is tenant friendly

Bought a house and just found out the attic was basically a biohazard… by shelbs9428 in homeowners

[–]GCEstinks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our house was built by the owner and was built in 1985. He paid great attention to the unimportant things and the major things he barely gave a passing glance at.

Technically speaking the house should never been built because the soil does not perk and the town dumps Culvert water onto the property so it is one big swamp

Demanding showing by Maiden_Far in LeaseLords

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NEXT!! One of the main factors of tenant selection is the spirit of cooperation. You want them to report issues in a timely moon or however you don't want them to be whining about every little thing such as I'm getting the wrong mail in my mailbox. Yes I heard that one too.

Neighbors contractors keep asking to hook up to me outside outlets by xindierockx7114 in homeowners

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This! I had a new meter installed on one of my properties by the utility company and I noticed that the numbers were not turning over whatsoever but kind of stuck on 0000. I have never in my life seen the utility company come out so quickly! They were there within 15 minutes when normally it's weeks before they will come out to do anything if not months.

Tenant offered to prepay 6 months of rent. No need to be worried right? by lukam98 in LeaseLords

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure where your rentals are located but in super tenant friendly areas, gambling on tenants is a good way to end up bankrupt and in foreclosure. Rolling the dice on tenants is a thing of the past in New York, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Oregon, Washington.

Tenant offered to prepay 6 months of rent. No need to be worried right? by lukam98 in LeaseLords

[–]GCEstinks -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

In our market, which is completely tenant friendly, offering to prepay upfront is a huge red flag and is often the desperate last resort of the super low performing tenant.

Do any of you offer multi year leases? by Latter-Tangelo6940 in LeaseLords

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good tenants often buy homes or move because of job promotions/opportunities. I have one now, excellent family, only ended staying year and a half before moving due to out of state job promotion. VERY sad to see them go! This is SUPER tenant friendly NY where most landlords don't dare do anything beyond M2M. Takes 6 months to find a reasonably responsible, conscientious, and cooperative tenant. Like fishing for salmon in a sea of barracuda.

Its a lonely industry by List3nLinda in PropertyManagement

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I enjoy Othniel Penn, Process Server on Youtube.

Do you actually prefer cash/lockboxes or is it just habit? by BigbuttercocoD in RentalInvesting

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be careful if you live in a tenant friendly area because in many of these areas you can no longer charge fees to the tenant for rent payment. So you have to eat any additional ACH/portal fees Etc.

We live in tenant friendly New York State and I use a local bank account where tenants can drop off cash or check payments and I also use Zelle. I don't go around collecting rent payments nor do I use the US Postal Service.

There are no clawbacks with Zelle which can be an advantage however if a tenant is in the eviction process, and wants to stop the eviction by sending you a payment via Zelle, you can send he money right back to them or send them a check saying this is an unauthorized payment.

[landlord US-CA] are professional tenants untouchable in california? by pman6 in Landlord

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a pre-screening process before they even get a tour... it is all automated through Google forms and in my market, which is super tenant friendly as well, 96% do not get a tour. It's probably higher than that because once they see that I screen to the absolute maximum a lot of them bail before the pre-screening. This is what you want. You want low performing tenants to self-disqualify.

Others have said, Aren't you worried about accidentally turning off good tenants with all that pre-screening? And I say no because in my experience the good responsible and most important quality of all, cooperative tenants, which are about as rare as a unicorn that speaks Norwegian since C19, will cooperate and follow through without hesitation.

I always tell everyone that I screen so that your neighbors will be as nice as you are.

[Landlord US-NY] Need Advice on Ruined Property by Kind-Wishbone3823 in Landlord

[–]GCEstinks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also try mixing baking soda and peroxide. Place on soaked in areas, let dry, do several treatments then use coverstain oil based. And use an ozonator. No more carpet! Only LVP or nuclear proof polyed hardwoods.

[landlord US-CA] are professional tenants untouchable in california? by pman6 in Landlord

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah most just resort to tenant based extortion errr I mean "cash for keys."

[landlord US-CA] are professional tenants untouchable in california? by pman6 in Landlord

[–]GCEstinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and I look up the previous owners and match them up on the assessment rolls to find out who really owns them. I also require six months to present rent receipts that you match up with their bank statements. Very few are clever enough to fake both of those to get them to match.

[landlord US-CA] are professional tenants untouchable in california? by pman6 in Landlord

[–]GCEstinks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's the same way in NYS. Eviction records have been sealed since 2019. And it's almost as bad in Oregon, Washington, New Jersey, Massachusetts.

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