Zillow and Zumper same thing UNRENTABLES! Apartments.com insists you display the actual street address in their paid for ads. A scammer got in that way last time. --74.70.xxx.xxx

Automate as much as you can and as soon as possible or you’ll go crazy. --24.152.xxx.xx

Looking at my numbers and figuring that I can easily do 200 interested parties before I sign a lease with someone. That would have me operating at an average of only .5% of the people qualify for my units. A half of a percent. Crazy. That’s class Class A down to C- or D+ properties. That is with screening set to a certain criteria in order to give me a certain person/personality/credit score. The only difference is the price of the properties and condition. But once they make it through my screening, I usually get the same type of person. Which is very important to me. --24.152.xxx.xx

I think C19 launched a wave of entitlement as never seen before. And the under 30 set all believe that housing is a human right and should be free. Meanwhile back at the ranch, the economy keeps worsening. --74.70.xxx.xxx

Yes, there is definitely a shift from before 2020 until now. From bad to worse. Screening tenants all these years has really dampened my spirits of hope for this country. 199 people out of 200 not being able to qualify for the most basic of apartments it’s not a good image for the general public of America. Sad. --24.152.xxx.xx

Sorry to keep bombing your post like this maple leaf, but this is a hot button topic for me. I think another part of the problem is that unrealistic expectations of tenants. I see that a lot in my really nice places where some of the worst of the worst come to apply and are nowhere near qualified. Kardashian mentality. That might work in California, but that “ain’t gonna” fly around here. --24.152.xxx.xx

Frankly the dregs should stay where they are and accept the ramshackle conditions as their current LL probably isn't charging them market rent either. --74.70.xxx.xxx

I'm also getting a lot of "our place was condemned so we're staying in a motel." If I wanted to spend any time (and I don't) it would be intriguing to find out exactly WHY their place was condemned--most likely user error (poor housekeeping habits, destructive behavior, lack of respect for the property in general) --74.70.xxx.xxx

Or most likely they are lying. --174.240.xxx.xx

I had a girl the other day who was pushing five stars for being qualified to move into the property. We got down to discussing the lease signing details and I sent her a breakdown of the move-in costs. As soon as she got that, her dog became an ESA. I told her to send over the paperwork. She said fine. A couple days passed and she emails it to me. Come to find out after a little investigation, it was a fake letter that she bought off the Internet. So this girl who was qualified and probably would’ve made a good tenant lost her housing, trying to cheat. --174.240.xxx.xx

I think YOUR good tenants in NY and PA, etc. are moving to NC (and statistics say they really are.) The PA people tend to be less desirable for some reason. I don't have a good handle on it, that just sticks in my head. --173.18.xx.xxx

Us Pennsylvania folks may not be as refined as the tourist destinations area folks. However, once you get through screening us, the ones that pass will be some of the best stock you’ll ever meet! --174.240.xxx.xx

Tenant still doesn't pay claiming my LL won't fix anything and applies elsewhere. --108.239.xx.xx

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Well, I am now off to show the house to a prospective tenant who made it through the pre-qualification process, but we will see if they show up, return the application, or pass the qualifications. Good luck everyone! --99.165.xx.xxx

You'll have to kick them out of the way a second time if you change the ad because they will try again. --76.178.xxx.xxx

I will point out that they are all living somewhere, so their approach to housing is working on someone. --76.178.xxx.xxx

It was only back at Nashville the discussion was can we get 1 out of 100, was that 2014? About 10 years the tenant pool has fogotten about saving move-in money, I see now several agencies that provide -head start funds- for those who can not qualify on thier own merits. --184.59.xxx.xx

However, there remains plenty of good quality tenants. --149.76.xxx.x

unb, you forgot the part after they call code enforcement; they don't give permission to let the LL in to do repairs. And we have squatter lift off. --64.246.xxx.xxx

Automate it a step further so that you don’t have to interact whatsoever with the deadbeats. With my system, I only get notified when somebody passes pre-screening. Everyone else is sent a rejection email with zero input or effort on my part. I have mine set up so that if somebody doesn’t pass, It wont even alert me (by design). --71.63.xx.xx

Yet there remains a housing problem? The unhoused remain unhoused? Maybe lower D units are doing well? --172.59.xxx.xx

I've had five applicants for a duplex. Only 1 is unrentable; I'm picking from the other four. --108.201.xx.xx

I was able to fill two upper units this week. Both work at the local hospital. I dropped flier and a dozen Tim Hortons off and got five calls --24.101.xxx.xxx

As soon as I am ready (this or next week) I will be making flyers to take to the neighbor two houses down. He works at the school district. I tried letting the local DSS know (caseworkers and admin make good money) but the info got released to the DSS clients. Nope. --64.246.xxx.xxx

Only had two fill out applications. Went with the first one. Second one looks good on paper, but not as good. --107.147.xx.xxx

In a factory - you might want to bring two dozen as they view them as the awesomeness that they are. We don't have Krispy Cream here but any of the larger employers can help you out, if you help them out. The law of give and take applies --24.101.xxx.xxx

Had a request for repairs on a deck last week, and all of the nails had rusted and it was coming apart. Handyman secured, and stained it, she messaged me immediately and said how nice it looked and how much she appreciates us! Yes, it makes it all worth it. --216.126.xx.xxx

Just another way to separate the cream. --198.168.xx.xxx

Ray N PA What department in the hospital are you dropping this off?? --64.184.xx.xx

I am into month 4 of renting a 3 bd apartment. 100s of inquiries. A handful filling out prequalifying form. 3 showings. 2 of those rejected. It's pitiful out there. Even ppl making good money, have bad credit and a negative balance in the checking account. --64.184.xx.xx

Maybe I got lucky? --107.147.xx.xxx