3 Questions Landlords Should Ask Before Showing A Tenant Your Property

[sjcollett]

To make sure you spend your time wisely and only show those candidates who are likely to want to rent your property (and you want to rent it to them) here are 3 key questions you should ask before you even book that viewing in the diary. http://wp.me/pCIxO-2b

Hope it helps!

Sam

[Mortitia]

MMMMmmmm OK but I always start my contact converstion with ''what is your situation at the moment?'' Or if using an agent get them to screen out the time wasters - that is what they are there for.

Any other tips on this?

Mortitia

[sjcollett]

Yes that is a good build. Thanks

MMMMmmmm OK but I always start my contact converstion with ''what is your situation at the moment?'' Or if using an agent get them to screen out the time wasters - that is what they are there for.

Any other tips on this?

Mortitia

[Rental Lease]

I always ask, in a roundabout sort of way, about their current home and their current landlord. Red flags include complaints about their current landlord or their current rental property ("My landlord is such a bum man he won't fix $h1t in that dump"), which let you know right off the bat that the tenant is probably going to have the same attitude towards you.

I also make sure to gauge their reactions when I tell them I'll be running a credit report, criminal background check, eviction history, and bounced check history. If they get nervous or start making pre-emptive excuses it's another bad sign.

Best of luck screening tenants,

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Brian

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[sjcollett]

Yes Brian you are very right indeed! Thanks

sam

I always ask, in a roundabout sort of way, about their current home and their current landlord. Red flags include complaints about their current landlord or their current rental property ("My landlord is such a bum man he won't fix $h1t in that dump"), which let you know right off the bat that the tenant is probably going to have the same attitude towards you.

I also make sure to gauge their reactions when I tell them I'll be running a credit report, criminal background check, eviction history, and bounced check history. If they get nervous or start making pre-emptive excuses it's another bad sign.

Best of luck screening tenants,

____________________

Brian

Free Rental Application

[J4L]

I always ask, in a roundabout sort of way, about their current home and their current landlord. Red flags include complaints about their current landlord or their current rental property ("My landlord is such a bum man he won't fix $h1t in that dump"), which let you know right off the bat that the tenant is probably going to have the same attitude towards you.

I also make sure to gauge their reactions when I tell them I'll be running a credit report, criminal background check, eviction history, and bounced check history. If they get nervous or start making pre-emptive excuses it's another bad sign.

Best of luck screening tenants,

____________________

Brian

Free Rental Application

Gotta say I had to check on your link Brian to see what you did and where. The states!!

I don't know of anyone who runs a criminal background check on tenants in this country. (It would take too long to do a CRB on every tenant anyway and we've had voids all over the place) It's something I have thought of but then on second thoughts why would I do that?? What would the information do in making my mind up on a tenancy approval? Does it matter really if someone has a record or is it the actual conviction I'm interested in?

What are people's thoughts on this and does anyone KNOW an agent that does similar??

[sjcollett]

Gotta say I had to check on your link Brian to see what you did and where. The states!!

I don't know of anyone who runs a criminal background check on tenants in this country. (It would take too long to do a CRB on every tenant anyway and we've had voids all over the place) It's something I have thought of but then on second thoughts why would I do that?? What would the information do in making my mind up on a tenancy approval? Does it matter really if someone has a record or is it the actual conviction I'm interested in?

What are people's thoughts on this and does anyone KNOW an agent that does similar??

[sjcollett]

J4l - we don't carry out criminal checks as these take several weeks to process