How do you attract better tenants? PDF Print E-mail
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Written by John Angeletta   
Thursday, 10 June 2010 14:44
How do you attract better tenants who ...

  • Pay the rent on time
  • Look after the property
  • Attend to simple maintenance
  • Keeps the garden tidy
  • Wants to stay long-term

Unless you have the time to interview every applicant and chase, read and understand previous landlord, employer, bank and credit references, using a reputable and local letting agent should sift out undesirables early on. 

Most landlords with respectable, long-term tenants will only go through this 'recruiting' process once in a while.  Professional letting agents maintain these essential skills day-in, day-out. 

An at-a-glance checklist 

-Get references from previous landlord(s)
-Credit check
-Contact employer
-Meet face-to-face 
-Ask about lifestyle viz. recreation and occupation
-Make sure applicant is happy to pay rent by standing order
-Look for tenants who want long-term lets 
-Take a deposit 
-Buy wise ~ the best tenants are attracted to the best prepared properties in good areas
-Get a good, local letting agent to find that ‘perfect tenant’

See www.eazylet.co.uk to identify reputable letting agents in your target area.
 
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