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Five Things Conroe Residents Try to Get Away With

Top Five Things Conroe Residents Try to Sneak Past Their LandlordsAs a landlord, getting the right resident to rent out your property is the most vital step in leasing, and you must spend substantial time checking references and income and performing background checks. However, regardless of how much due diligence you do, you can still encounter issues with residents. Here are five usual things that residents try to get away with.

Paying Rent

The first is not paying rent on time. Residents will try to exploit landlords and come up with excuses on why they have not yet paid their rent. Popular excuses vary from “I’m waiting for my paycheck from work to come in” to “You haven’t repaired damages in the house, so I shouldn’t have to pay rent until they are fixed.” The best way to avoid these excuses is to maintain records of rent collection so your residents can never claim they paid you when they have not, always stay up to date on required repairs on your property, and keep up with regular evaluations of the property to ensure everything is running smoothly.

Extra Occupants

Up next, residents try to get away with a person living at the property who is not on the lease. Majority of people rent in areas where they know people or have friends, which is not an issue until your resident has a friend living with him or her you didn’t know about. If someone is living at the property and isn’t on the lease, many complications could arise, from damaged property to noise complaints. The best way to keep this from happening is to make sure to include in the lease that no other person may live in the property except those on the lease and that failure to comply will cause eviction.

Furry Friends

The third thing residents try to get away with is having pets in a “no pet policy” property. Most residents will wait weeks or even months after moving in to try and sneak a pet into the property without permission of the landlord and without paying a pet fee, if applicable. Avoid this by maintaining consistent evaluations on your property and checking to see whether any pets have shown up.

Accidental Damages

The fourth thing is damages. Accidents happen and items break, but who ends up paying for the damages? If your lease is in order, and you do evaluations before and after with the resident, you won’t have to be the one who pays the price. Make sure to create a list and do a walk through the property together on the first day your resident moves in, noting all preexisting damages. Then, the day before your resident moves out, walk through the property with the same list that has all the preexisting damages so your resident can’t claim that they did not cause the new damages to your property.

Avoiding Eviction

The fifth and final thing residents try to get away with is dodging eviction. Residents will try and argue, and occasionally even take legal action, that they are being evicted unfairly. To avoid these encounters, have a clear and concise lease that states the rules specifically and states what qualifies as eviction terms. This way, if the resident tries to take legal action, you have a good chance of winning your case, and if the resident refuses to move, you can take legal action to remove them from your property and get it back on the market to rent.

In Conclusion

Don’t want to deal with the hassle of bad residents? With Real Property Management Republic, you don’t have to. We can handle everything from damages to complaints and evictions, keeping your identity safe and keeping your mind sane. Don’t stress yourself out over a problematic resident; let us do the work for you.

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