Being a landlord is not an easy job. This holds true whether you are managing a large apartment complex, or are renting out your single family home. You need to deal with problems with the property, and you also need to deal with your tenant or tenants in a reasonable manner. Sometimes that is a whole lot easier said than done. The following information will help. So without further ado, here are five (5) ways to deal with difficult tenant related situations.
Tenants Who Threaten Physical Harm
Most people, even most irrational people will not take it to the point that they actually threaten you physical harm. However, there are some tenants that may resort to this tactic. This holds especially true if your tenant feels desperate or threatened by you. For example, if you are in the process of evicting a tenant, that person may make a physical threat out of fear of having nowhere to live. They may also be trying to scare you in order to have you change your mind. If a tenant makes any sort of physical threat towards you drop whatever you are doing and contact the police immediately.
Tenants Who Threaten To Break Their Lease
Most landlords have to deal with tenants who threaten to break their lease because they want to move out for some reason or another. If the tenant has caused problems for you in the past, you may want to actually consider letting him or her out of the lease in order to replace them with a better tenant. However, this may only work if you are currently experiencing a strong rental market in your area. If not, the apartment could end up sitting empty for months on end.
Tenants Who Argue With You For The Sake Of Arguing
Some people argue with others simply because they enjoy arguing. If you have a tenant that argues with you for the sake of causing a disagreement, you need to deal with them in the most rational manner possible. Keep in mind that arguing back will only throw fuel on their fire. It may be difficult to control your emotions, especially if your tenant is being insulting, but you simply must stay professional at all times.
Tenants Who Make Unreasonable Requests
Some tenants will attempt to push your buttons as much as they can in order to try to take advantage of you. For example, they may ask for a brand new dishwasher even though the one they have is less than a year old and is still working perfectly. If you straight out say no to their unreasonable requests, they may keep asking for it or start a new unreasonable request. Instead, inform them that you are looking into it. If they follow back up, tell them you are still looking into it. You may very well find that they end up forgetting about it entirely.
Tenants Who Don’t Pay The Rent On Time
You may very well have a tenant or multiple tenants who fail to pay their rent on time. This may be due to personal cash flow issues, or simply because they are bad at paying their bills on time. However, having even one tenant that doesn’t pay their rent on time on a regular basis can mess up your cash flow. At this point you should call the tenant in question in order to get to the root of the issue. Be nice and do not come across as threatening. You may very well be able to come up with a solution that works for both of you.
If you feel that you are being treated unfairly by a tenant the good news is that you can do something in order to put a stop it. You just need to go about resolving the issues in the proper manner, and through the appropriate channels. Your Legal Rights Advocates is a 5 Star Nationally ranked consumer based law firm that specializes in helping people who are experiencing Landlord-Tenant related issues, Debt Collection Harassment, Social Security Disability issues, and a whole lot more. Please call us today for more information at 855-254-7841 or visit our website. We look forward to working with you.