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This is Aisha`s fault making me think about this topic.  But do you think the way a LL presents him/herself to the tenant has an impact on the relationship between them.
What if any is the psychological advantage to being nice or stern to your tenant.  Should we be aware of how the tenant views and scans our personalities and character on those first meetings.  After all they are paying us to provide security, while we want them for much more.  Who has the upper hand !



Badger

It works both ways.

If you get too friendly/close with your tenant, they may start taking the piss. One month, they'll be like, "sorry, but can I pay rent a few weeks late this month?" and so on. And slowly, they start grabbing for more and more favours. So it's always risky getting too friendly.

On the other hand, having a distant relationship with your tenant could lead to friction and the tenant may feel obliged to treat your property like shit.

It's a catch 22-situation.

I guess the best way way to be is somewhere in the middle- be nice to your tenant, but don't be overly friendly- try to remain professional.

Tenants seriously have too much power, it's quite worrying some times. They could easily fuckup a landlord's financial life.

p.s damn that aisha for making you think

"Tenants seriously have too much power, it's quite worrying sometimes. They could easily fuckup a landlord's financial life."

Yes i agree very hard ballance to juggle.  And it is sooo hard to evict someone these days with tenant rights etc.  Mind you saying that, i was forced to leave places when i was younger, the first one i wanted to go as the chap brought the place with me as a sitting tenant, what an ass hole he was, thought he was god and used his possition to dominate the situation.  This is the other thing tenants do see LLs as someone with power,
The second house i rented and got booted from was a mews house, small but bloody lovely * just like me * but the women who owned it died in care * not my care may i add * so the daughter realising we where standing in the way of a pretty big nest egg for her, gave us notice, god dam those bloody landlords.


Badger

This thread has too much psycho-babble for me 

cheers

simhar

web: Properite Landlord Software http://www.properite.co.uk

Quote from: simhar on August 02, 2007, 06:11:27 AM
This thread has too much psycho-babble for me 

cheers

simhar

web: Properite Landlord Software http://www.properite.co.uk

Ahh come on simar you know you want to join in and be a psycho with us,l lol


Badger

Quote from: propertyfag on July 24, 2007, 05:00:45 PM
p.s damn that aisha for making you think

innit

hehe

seriously though, i'll respond to this thread SOON... gtg right now
ciao

Should we be aware of how the tenant views and scans our personalities and character on those first meetings.  After all they are paying us to provide security, while we want them for much more.

If you get too friendly/close with your tenant, they may start taking the piss. One month, they'll be like, "sorry, but can I pay rent a few weeks late this month?" and so on. And slowly, they start grabbing for more and more favours. So it's always risky getting too friendly.

I have been a landlord for over 6 years and so far have been mostly trouble free. The key to the landlord tenant relationship is to get the right tenant into your property in the first place. If you have a good tenant into the property then the relationship should be a good one. So how to get the right tenant?
PROPER REFERENCES is the answer.

You should get a previous landlords reference as a starting point and the previous landlord could give you an idea what his/her relationship was with your prospective tenant. However, don't rely on this reference alone since some landlords may give a good reference to a bad tenant just to get them out of their house. So you should do your own check by talking to your prospective tenant before they move in and try and assess intuitively whether they will be a good or bad tenant. You will get a good idea about what your tenant will be like by what they say, the way they say things and how they are dressed etc.. Always meet your tenant before you sign any tenancy agreement. Don't sign an agreement for a tenant you have not met if you can help it because you will not know what the tenant will be like without meeting them.