Landlording 101: How To Find The Best Tenants
Owning a home may be part of the American Dream, but it’s far from the reality. More people are renting today than at any point since 1965. In fact, nearly 37 percent of all households in the US are paying rent on apartments, houses, or other rental homes — which means that landlords are managing more than 112 million properties.
Ideal tenants will stay in a rental for several years, take good care of the property, and, most important, pay their rent in a timely manner. Unfortunately, though, average rental turnover is 50 percent, and the internet is filled with landlord’s horror stories of terrible tenants. If you’re a landlord, you want to do anything you can to avoid those scenarios. Targeted marketing and thorough, fair tenant screening throughout the application process can hel...









