Reply to Landlords: What are your experiences of rental applicants asking for lower than your listed rental price?

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to "Landlords: What are your experiences of rental applicants asking for lower than your listed rental price?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That tells me they will be a problem tenant[/quote]
Absolutely not. This was me. I'm a landlord's dream tenant. My last landlord told me that they didn't want me to move out. They called me 5 minutes after their walk-through to thank me, and mailed out my full deposit the next day with a nice note. They wrote to call them if I ever needed a place again.
My new landlord and their maintenance company were and still are the problem, because of incompetence and living abroad. The AC unit didn't get fixed all summer and now that it should be the heat, I'm using a heater just to not bother them yet again.
This was already a problem when I moved in. I got sick on very first night trying to sleep in the bedroom. I 'fixed' the problem for now for $0. The valves were turned off, so it wouldn't continue to leak water. Mold makes me sick. The landlord fired their property management, who showed me dirty unit with food still in the fridge.
We have maintenance in the building, but AC unit leaking water needs a different company to fix it. It was 'fixed' with kitchen pipes instead of original parts. They probably bought the place and didn't check.
I can always move out if it gets too much. I want to live in this building, which is the only limitation.  
I asked for lower rent because:
1.) I had options, based on credit, payment history, and cash available at all times. 
2.) The place was overpriced and empty for months.
3.) I was the one going to save my landlord money as I know all about the building and problems that may arise.
Every person in different. See what their story is. If I'm a good tenant, I will let you know. I told in the application that I have no problem paying for small fixes, but I want to be left alone. Last landlord e-mailed me 50 times even though they had property manager and maintenance in the building. I took it all like a champ and learning experience as it came to maintenance.
She forwarded me every e-mail from the building that I already got. I was there to get the windows changed. I let in every person wanting to see the place. I sent her pictures about of the place, so she doesn't have to come and can get the estimates to get the place ready for new tenants. Many other things I'd rather have not worried about.
After I moved out, they still emailed me as I knew their property better than the did. Asking me where the storage unit was.
I answer people and I answer fast. I wasn't going to change who I am, but it did get to be a little too much.

[/quote]

TLDR, you are really verbose and defensive.  No need.  Everyone at some point asks for discounts somewhere.  When people say it's a red flag it is always a generalization because individual circumstances always differ.   And when LL evaluates tenants it's not true that people asking for discounts get automatically dismissed, as you know yourself.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics