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Asked by: Pompilio Bustos
real estate real estate renting and leasingHow do I make my tenants life miserable?
Manage Terrible Tenants Who Make Your Life Miserable.
- Provide a Written Policy. While the lease is your first step in creating a written policy between you and your tenant, it is also not a bad idea to create a “do's and don'ts” list to give them at move in.
- Stay Calm and Communicate.
- Review Your Lease.
- Create a Paper Trail.
- Penalties.
- Take Action Quickly.
- Follow Up.
Correspondingly, how do you deal with difficult tenants?
How to Deal with Difficult Tenants
- Be calm, objective, and rational.
- Keep written records of everything.
- Teach tenants how they should treat you.
- Try to get your tenants on your side.
- Hire a property manager.
- Ask the terrible tenants to leave.
- Begin the eviction process.
- Explain the situation. Tell your tenant in straightforward terms what the problem is, and explain that they cannot stay on the property any longer.
- Describe the consequences.
- Offer them a way out.
- Finalize.
Also, how do you protect yourself from a bad tenant?
How to Protect Yourself from Bad Tenants
- Require potential tenants to fill out an application and provide sufficient identification. Think of your rental unit as an opportunity for which renters should have proper qualifications.
- Perform criminal background and credit checks.
- Check references.
Bad tenants often delay their rent payments or not pay the complete sum. They often slug behind with some rent that is never fully paid off until the end. Bad tenants rarely talk to their landlords and are hard to reach, when the landlord needs to talk to them.