- Choose your own charities; don't let renter's make themselves your charities. There are no acceptable excuses for late rent. Require your renter's to pay rent on your schedule, not theirs.
- Always get cash, or equivalents, such as money orders or credit cards.
- Always check credit references. Don't act desperate. Having no tenants is better than having a bad tenant.
- Be aware of who actually lives in and who comes and goes from your property. Don't allow individuals you do not approve as renters to live in your property, conduct shady activity, or alienate your other renters or neighbors.
- Deny applicants for legitimate risk factors. Including credit, income, pets, criminal, rental history, employment, maximum occupancy. Don't insist that your tenants follow your lifestyle or family rules.
- Begin evictions IMMEDIATELY if necessary. the only thing worse than a tenant who doesn't pay and moves is a tenant who doesn't pay and stays.
- A clean and attractive rental helps attract better tenants. Most important are the entry, curb appeal, the smell, kitchens and bathrooms.
- The best way to to avoid evicting a bad tenant id not to rent to that person in the first place. Remember that 90% of a landlords' problem is self inflicted.
- Never buy rental property more than an hour away from your your home or in an area where you would be afraid to go and collect rents.
- Get everything in writing. Don't trust your memory. No one else will.
From the Utah Apartment Association - Good Landlord program
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