Q to landlords: how do you deal with uncooperative tenants who pays rent on time

> @Olga P
> Tenants ( all ) remove something then while we are not in the building they put it back.

make a written set of rules for the building. hand them out and speak to them as you do (nicely as the voices of reason suggest). then the next time they leave stuff out, enforce it the same way some others or Jeremy have suggested. Give them a warning first and the next time act. we went through this on the 72 unit property i managed once and because there had never been a dedicated on-site person in the previous five years of the places existence, it was hard at first but after a few months of back and forth, they got it. for new tenants who came in, they knew the rules as only one way from day one so it was not so bad. it was the older tenants who were a problem to deal with. know this: if you let one person slip, they will walk all over you. you have to “nip it in the bud” the moment it starts. and by the way, that was the term we used with tenants and commercial building occupants: “nip it in the bud”.

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lucie | 1 year and 9 months ago

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Yes, we do talk to our tenants.
We do try to address all their concerns as soon as we get texted on something.
We fix things urgently and never ignore their calls.
We explain things.
We explain if something is going on in other apartments ( like that we have to paint an apartment while one of the long time tenants is away for the summer).
Thing with crowded hallways is going on for awhile.
Tenants ( all ) remove something then while we are not in the building they put it back.

lucie | 1 year and 9 months ago

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Thing with crowded hallways is going on for awhile.
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