I have basic guidelines for a successful match between you as a tenant and me as a landlord.
Most of these are things have developed in my ten years as a professional private property manager.
Before you contact me, know these things:
I do not accept Section-8.
Security deposit is required for me to consider the apartment rented and "off the market."
First full month rent and full security deposit are required before you get keys.
Per state law and my policy, cats must be neutered.
I am unlikely to ever rent to anyone with a dog again. I will not rent to anyone with small yippie dogs. I will not rent to anyone with "bad breed" dogs. Don’t argue with me about that. You’re wasting my time and yours. Don’t tell me that your dog would never bite or does not bark.
I do not discriminate. I care who you are, not what you are. That said, I try to fill empty apartments with people who will be compatible to the tenants already living on the premises. Yes, that does mean that certain units or houses are not compatible to children. Spinsters living on the first floor and third shift workers do not want to hear children running above them all day and night.
Once you are my tenant, your lifestyle (and I do not use that in the PC-sense) becomes a factor in who I rent to when the next apartment becomes available. I look after the tenants I have before I just grab for more. If you're my next spinster or third shift worker, you'll be getting the same compatibility criteria my current tenants receive.
The property rental business is a business.
The business involved is providing people homes. I understand that and actually want my tenants to be happy. That said, I do not consider one person's happiness to be worth everyone else’s expense.
If your only form of happiness is the idea that the world revolves around your interests rather than that big yellow thing in the sky, than we are not a match. There are other people living in the buildings, and their needs are EQUAL to yours, as yours are to theirs.
Isn't it better to know these things in advance than waste your time seeing an apartment that will not work out for you in the long run?
go on to guidelines for Existing Tenants
review guidelines for New Tenants
If this sounds reasonable to you,
e-mail me or call 37Eight-Eight74Eight in the (401) area code for a showing
