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⌈ Secret Post #3156 ⌋

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I want them to act and treat the tenants same way to everyone; no special treatment for some and treating others like crap or putting them on the back burner. Be proactive when a shitty neighbor moves in or a neighbor gets a lot of complaints (ie investigate themselves, landlord doesn't tie their hands and make you always call the cops). If a landlord is going to hire a residential manager, please make sure they do the work, and not have them there as simply a buffer to pacify and be a yes man so the landlord does not have to directly hear the tenants complaints. I want a landlord that is a realistic to the area and how much they want you to make a month (I'm living in an impoverish place and so many of these apartments want you to make 3 to 4 times the rent, and that's ridiculous). On the same note I'd like a landlord that is forgiving for a crappy credit score, especially if the majority of it's medical bills or because they were homeless etc. That a landlord sticks to what the lease says, and it applies to everyone (ie don't have a 5 people living in a two bedroom when the lease say's only 2, that notices are sent like they are supposed to be with 24-48hr advance). That the landlord not price gouge and threaten a rent raise before the lease is up for upgrades simply because the building is old and things were in a dilapidated state for a long time, or things out of the tenants control or unnecessary upgrades not needed. Upgrades are nice and needed sometimes, but on the same note if the price you're going to have to charge will evict half or more of your tenants it's not doing you any favors.

Most important thing to me is I want a landlord that really listens to complaints and things tenants have to say. I know they can't always be on call, or believe what every person says. But there are so many times when I've told a landlord the tenant is trashing their apartment and they looked the other way for way too long and had to do a complete overhaul of the place. If they'd have listened to me and other tenants, it could have saved them a lot of money.

I meant five people in a one bedroom, and four people for a two bedroom. Basically avoid having a gaggle of people in one apartment and sharing the rent cost. It's such a problem where I live and a lot of landlords overlook it as long as they pay the rent, but it's unfair to other tenants.

My roommate and I are two people in a one person apartment because neither of us can afford the rent in our area. Boston and the surrounding areas are so ridiculously expensive that it can be difficult to afford. My roommate works two jobs and can still barely afford rent.

It sucks, but the problem isn't really the people doing what they have to in order to survive. The problem is the ridiculous housing market in the US that has such a lack of affordable housing that it should be illegal (and is violating international law). That said, if you aren't in the US then that may not be the problem since I don't know the situation in other countries.

I am in the US. I get two people sharing a one bedroom place, or even efficiency. That's within the laws usually US statewide; 2 people to each bedroom, and there are some laws that I'm unfamiliar with about when kids reach a certain age they need their own room. I'm currently in that situation myself, two people to a one bedroom. I get it's the housing markets fault and landlords for imposing ridiculous standards (like I said in my first post, how a lot of places want you to make 2 of 3 times the rent plus have an impeccable credit score - which who does anymore in this shit economy?). But at the same time it's frustrating that I can hardly make ends meet and other people around me are bringing in everybody and their mother to live in a one bedroom to share the cost. I'm not saying it because I'm bitter, it's because in most of these cases where you have a ton of people in a one bedroom it causes a disturbance for other tenants. For example, the people below me were finally kicked out because they had around 10 people sharing a one bedroom. It was disruptive because they shared the place in shifts and couldn't have keys made for everyone so at all hours of the night and day they were ringing or shouting up to be let in. They'd constantly be fighting because they were in a crammed space and sleeping on piles of clothes, or partying, and generally being a nuisance. We now got cockroaches because they were living unsanitarily towards the end, and now have to throw our own money into that because the landlord won't do anything even though they know it was the past tenants fault. And really it's unfair to the tenants who do abide by the lease rules that this kind of stuff goes on, and it's bullshit that landlords look the other way and don't care as long as they get the rent.

I know it's hard to find a place, really I do and I empathize with that. I've been homeless and I know it's shit the way the housing market is. But at the same times I've never seen where there are an excessive amount of people sharing an apartment works out well and they are not a disturbance. So I also empathize with regular paying tenants who abide by the lease rules.

It is pretty much a rule of thumb everywhere that if the rent on a place is more than 1/3 of your income from all sources, that place is going to be a millstone around your neck. For the landlord, this usually means the annoyance of constantly getting excuses instead of the rent, having to remind tenants over and over that the rent is late, then having them pay the rent when they feel like it, and eventually having to go through an eviction lawsuit to regain possession of the apartment after the tenant fails to pay rent for a couple of months in a row. The same usually applies to tenants with bad credit.

I'm a landlord, and I've been through it all more times than I like to recall.

That's kinda bullshit. That's really generalizing all people who don't make 3 to 4 times your rent as deadbeats. What about people who are on social security and disability that get a steady check each month? There's no way they make 3-4 times what most places ask for rent, but they can and do pay. But most landlord want to shove people like into shitty metropolitan housing and not give them the time of day, yet allow people with a buncha shit part time jobs that can lay them off of fire them at any moment.

It's a huge problem anywhere getting anyone who doesn't have a steady pay (like social security, disability, or a solid professional job) that comes into and apartment pay on time and it's not always based upon what their credit score and how much they make is. In my place there are so many people who have a job or two and they still stiff the landlords either occasionally or move in and never pay beyond first months and deposit. So you're point is pretty fucking invalid.

It's not saying they're deadbeats; it's saying they can't afford my rent. They may have good intentions, they may intend to pay as soon as they can, but more than likely, they'll end up stiffing me because they can't afford my rent. And my rents are even on the low side of average for my area. I'm taking a risk every time I sign a lease, but experience has taught me that I'm taking less of a risk if I rent to people with solid credit scores and steady incomes that are at least 3 times the rent I'm asking. It's not like there's a shortage of them.

No you're original statement and sentiments still stand that you feel that anyone who can't meet a high criteria is a possible is not total deadbeat. But there are a lot of people that can afford it, landlords just like to pull shit and say they can't. Like maybe they won't make three times the rent in a month, but they make enough to cover it within a month. I know legally because housing laws cover greedy landlord's asses and make it that it's not discriminatory, but it should be considered that. Landlords that think like that are excluding a hell of a lot of possible tenants based on what if's and what they thinks, but in reality that person with the steady income and good credit score could easily fuck it up or lose their job and not be able to pay. There are no for sure of who can pay, and who will have a steady income and good credit score for long in this economy.

You must be renting in some nice area if there are no shortage people with solid credit scores and steady incomes, because the majority of the people in today's economy are not doing that well off.

You are an idiot who apparently has no understanding of the concept of risk. I can never sign a lease without risk, but when someone has a steady income and a good credit score, they're far and away a better risk than the person who barely makes enough to cover the monthly rent and has shitty credit. For one thing, a steady income and a good credit score are usually not (as you evidently think) just a matter of luck: they tend to predict who is financially responsible and who isn't.

You sound like more of a deadbeat with every post you make.

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