Thanks for this. When I’m college I bought a house as an investment. I didn’t check anything prior to renting and took them for their word. House was trashed and had to spray for two months to get the roaches out. I’m now looking to rent my house and these best practices help because the first experience left a really bad taste in my mouth

I’ve had at least 3-4 bad tenants. I’ve gone through at least three property managers. You still have to stay on prop mgt to make sure the work is done. I’ve had at least two cause above 7 grand in damage. I’ve learned the hard way to pick better property managers.

I had a tenant that was out of town and told me the rent was in his Buddha collection in his bedroom. After a couple of days I thought, I need to go get my money. Sure enough the rent money in full was in the butt of the big Buddha in the center of his collection. I have since remodeled this property and have a higher clientele.

I’d add google searching applicants. Find their references online like their boss or previous landlord and contact them using the numbers or email u find on ur own. Always verify everything via third party. Any discrepancies on the application is a red flag.

Really good points for those who don’t have a credit history

Hey Matt, was great sitting next to you at Deal Maker Live in Dallas in July.

Thank you for the knowledge.

Great tips , what about being a good landlord ? I want to make sure I get good reviews as well , as a land lord

Great sets of advice! To avoid a bad tenant, you should conduct an eviction check on any rental applicant who shows interest in renting your property. It will give you an idea about whether the applicant is suitable for renting.

Great vid. The criteria for qualifying a tenant needs to be stringent in this day and age. Way too many slugs out there. Period!!

What about the student renters who may not have enough income ? Any tips ?

Nice share

In California x3 rent realistic for a 2900/month rent? So they have to make $8700/month

How do you report bad tenants?

How do you go about looking up a persons credit report. Is there a website? Sorry if this is a dumb question just never been in this business at all.

Great vid! In order to find the best tenants I think you need to have a letter of employment lol that’s pretty well it

How would you go about checking for any prior evictions?

I had a college roommate who had a small fight with my boyfriend, and use that as an opportunity to get away with paying utility bills. She claims she is too scared to leave her room, she needs her male friend to protect her, etc.. and eventually, when nobody's home, she left the house unnoticed. To this day, it remains a very dramatic event of my life.

Do you check assests on hand? Cash in bank, etc?

I heard that if you advertise on a public forum you cannot refuse a tenant that’s why you need to go word-of-mouth is that true?

A bad tenant story i had from 2023 is not checking credit history, he defaulted payment of over 5 months rent . I had to take the case to police for him to be evicted and he was so abusive to me.

Require a credit check will That will tell you so much about people's attitudes toward paying bills in general

How about a bad landlord story

As a landlord, how do you go about checking somebody's credit?

Why would you ever rent to anyone who had an evection when there’s so many other qualified renters with no evictions? Why take the chance? Three years is just too short of time and if you’re gonna give someone a chance make it at least 10 years since the prior evection. Personally I just pass on anyone with a prior eviction. if you want 17 great tips on leasing and managing your rental property, go to KensCorporateHousing.com/free-report

I now want high end tenants who treat the Property like a home . So am increasing the rent in June. So i filter these disrespectful tenants and get better ones. Some of the current tenants are dirty , pour trash anywhere. They actually disrespect me .

First you have to be a good landlord

Most people let utilities bills go in order to pay for rent. You got that backwards.

I have had crackheads... not fun... and hoarders... and liars..... eesh... I learn now..

Worst tenant story: bought a property with a tenant in place. HORRIBLE. The first 3 months went well, but then the mother of the tenant broke her hip and was placed in a nursing home for recovery. Thats when her retirement checks stopped going directly the son. Then he got "roommates " that's when things got out of control. The police was over there every other day for various reasons. Disputes, domestic violence, etc. I evicted them, and on the eviction day when we got there with the sheriff they were deep asleep!🤣

I am a landlord myself and there is no way past the credit score itself that I alloow you access to anything more. That is absolutely no one else's business.

Who's watching this video because they just had a crack head move out that destroyed their property? 🙋‍♂

personal references from a friend are completely biased and a waste of any landlords time to try to verify. The friend is always going to give a good reference do you know why? because they’re a friend. Don’t waste your time checking character references. If you want to know what you should do, get 17 great tips on leasing and managing your rental property at KensCorporateHousing.com/free-report

There are no great tenants. All renters are a liability. You can filtered the screening process as much as you want to, but it's a risk regardless. Section 8 an last option as those people are scum of society. - Truth

really? A good tenant only pays rent on time, maintains the property, and doesn’t disturb the neighbors? What about completes the full term of the lease, extends or renews the lease, pre-paid a number of months in advance, refers other good tenants to you, and many other qualities which defines a good tenant. If you want to know 17 great tips on leasing and managing your rental property go to KensCorporatehousing.com/free-report

First you have to be a good landlord