rental screening: The Guide to Tenant Screening
- 03/28/13 03:44 AM
No single decision that you make as a landlord will affect your business outcomes more than your choice of tenants. While the right tenant can help you turn your income property into the hassle-free money-maker you're hoping it will become, placing the wrong tenant in your rental can actually cost you thousands of dollars. Avoiding unpaid rent, legal fees, turn-over costs, and major property repairs are major goals for property owners and often factor heavily into the decision to hire a property manager. When it comes to finding a tenant who will pay his or her rent on time, take good (0 comments)
rental screening: Learn From My Mistakes
- 02/24/13 07:06 AM
I’ve been renting property for nearly 10 years now. Over those years, I’ve made more mistakes that I personally care to admit. On the bright side, those mistakes helped lead me to launch AccuRental Tenant Screening so that I could help landlords avoid the pitfalls that I ran into as a “green behind the ears” landlord. First, landlords who don’t treat running their rental properties as a business often make painful and expensive mistakes that business owners don’t. As a landlord, you’re not a charity organization. You’re not a homeless shelter. Certainly, this does not mean you cannot have a heart, (5 comments)