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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The key is to find good tenants. We've rented out our first home for over ten years. We've only had one bad set of tenants. They lied about owning a dog and the dog did quite a bit of damage. They also broke their lease. We had gotten lazy with checking in on the house so that was partly our fault. Also, my experience has been that former home owners make the best tenants. [/quote] +1 Most people who have had problems as landlords did not find good tenants (or their property management company had no incentive to find good tenants). We have rented our former residence to 4 different families over the last 9 years and we have never had a single problem. The key is that every one of our tenants fit the same profile -- senior military officer with a family. [/quote] OP is not likely to find a senior military officer with a family who wants to rent her 2-bedroom in Columbia Heights.[/quote]
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