I'm going to do that. Anyone do business with any reputable real estate agents in the Deposit area? Doesn't dealing with agents pose it's own problems, though? If some 20 year old gang bangers from the South Bronx go to the agent and want to rent it, then I have to, correct?
Not really, you can always ask for references, slow the process down, keep asking for information from the prospective renter, dilligence on your part is legal, most renters have a finite amount time before they book a vacation, you don't. If you make the process difficult for someone who you believe may be unsavory they will move on. And, the reality is if you will only draw renters from those whom it is advertised to, or made aware of. Quick true story for you, I had a renter in a rental property that I owned a few years back, she was a section 8 welfare queen, "fat white chick". She was an excellent tenant for a few years until some loser started shacking up with her then things deteriorated, neither worked, thay sat and watched jerry springer all day, of which they could have easily been guests, and the whole thing came to a head one day when the scum bag she was shacking with decided to drive his car around the lawn of the complex, I got a call from the super, went there the next day to get the scoop, and the jerk started giving me shit, which of course i took none of. The next morning, around 6AM after a couple shots fleischmans, a coffee and an egg sandwich, I went to the property opened the door threw their shit out the front door including them, they called me every name in the book, the boyfriend even tried to get a little tough, they told me i would get sued, she called the cops, i called one of my buddies to help me with the larger furniture which stunk like ass and cigarettes. End result was their shit got picked up about two days later, the police wrote a report, I gave their security back, had a new tenant within a week. I did get a call from a HUD representitive telling me what i did was illegal I said, "so what, if you are that concerned let them stay at your home because they got kicked out of mine", we of course had an argument, and i never heard another word about it and it was over 7 years ago.
