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MyPillow:
You don't have to entertain your tenant for every small thing, you know? Anyway, that's what the agent is for.if meet v unreasonable tenant can be real PAIN-
Good tenant - munch chips & watch tv
Bad tenant - munch chips and \"curse\"/ scold them - treat tenants as chips in our mouth to bite ..hahahha
some not really \"bad\" but they are “烦 ” ( maybe the tenant wife is fussy) -
pirate:
Ya...my Indian tenant does not have my contact number. His contact point is my agent. His rental payment is prompt and there are not much issues. His tenancy is expiring next year March. Hope he renew.
You don't have to entertain your tenant for every small thing, you know? Anyway, that's what the agent is for.MyPillow:
if meet v unreasonable tenant can be real PAIN-
Good tenant - munch chips & watch tv
Bad tenant - munch chips and \"curse\"/ scold them - treat tenants as chips in our mouth to bite ..hahahha some not really \"bad\" but they are “烦 ” ( maybe the tenant wife is fussy)
Landlord is really the best job. No papers to write and KPI to meet. No need to attend meetings also. : :imcool: -
My Russian tenant reali a pain. Agent is helpful but he has limited knowledge on technical issues. Ultimately we r the one who pay fr repair cost etc, we still need to involve to understand the issues n decide if shld go ahead with repair or tenant additional requests
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1 year lease seems very common these days. While our preference is 2 years lease but i suppose it’s the tenant’s market now…
During our 10 years of rental, we had 2 tenants. An american old couple who rented for 7 years and even offered to pay for our aircon as they use it 24/7. Unfortunately as they are already in their 70’s when we know them, one pass on and the wife went back for good. For next 3 years, we had a tenant from Bangladesh. Both were prompt in payment and kept the house fairly well too. We are getting a India tenant this time round and fingers crossed it will be fine and he will continue to stay in our place after 1 year.
In another place, we had filippino. Strange request all the time… fortunately we have our agent to manage them. But they are prompt with rental so far. -
Role of LL is not an easy peasy thing. You’re lucky, u get complying tenants, owise mostly a navigating job.
I like staying arms-length with tenants. Prefer to set my criterion & shortlist fr there in good times, owise I just hv to manage & adjust my expectations in a over-supply mkt.
With major issues, I go by mkt practice & let the agent do their job to interface with my tenants. With small issues, I can make an exception as ex-gratia w/o compromising my rights to show goodwill.
I had on one occasion where tenants reported ceiling lights went out & it was after 3 mths before they alerted us claiming they tried to use table lamps. I got my electrician str up to change the entire ceiling light. Next moment they claimed air-con not working in one of the rooms, but they took the liberty to call in their own contractor. Got my agent to settle it as their own cost, as they’ve taken their own decision when I hv a current maintenance contract running.
The only time I get involved is taking over after the agent did their checklist. One tenant tried to hide all their misdeeds - turned soiled sofa with stains but agent didn’t detect, master bed mattress was totally soaked with urine which apparently was musked when air-con was turned in with fragrant spray. I took both agents into hand & both admitted it’s very fresh stains. Deducted for a new replacement mattress & sofa tho tenant initially protested. Just lucky that their own agent was fair & acknowledged the misdeed.
LL’s role is not a walk-in-the-park but since I’ve got an agent, they need to do their job to interface. -
My agent handles most of the tenant’s requests. For my rentals, wear and tear is the tenant’s responsibilities. They have to maintain the a/c with qtrly servicing.
So far I’ve had various tenants. Mostly ok. Only one that gave a lot of problems and kept trying to re-negotiate rent within the rental period was the Indian tenant. Current tenant is Brit. No issues at all. Been renting for the past 4 years. However he is moving to Hkg soon so I am on the lookout for new tenants. -
Who so “lucky” to get consecutive tenants one worse than the other?
If you compare working as an OL who earns $3K per month, OL needs to squeeze the MRT during peak hours 5 days a week. Project deadline reaching, maybe need to OT. Boss bad mood, also kena, everyday still have to face bitchy colleagues and deal with office politics, not “sian”?
That’s why I think LL is the best job ever. Some say SAHM is an easy job, but I think SAHM has to work 365 days without leave and no pay!
Being a LL at most get stressed during the first 30 days when a new lease starts and if lucky, only needs to contact the tenant to arrange for viewing when the lease is ending.
@Vinegar,
My tenant asked for a new induction cooker and I really Sian half, need to fork out $ ftom my pocket and waste time to look for one. But on the other hand, to be fair to the my tenant who is paying rental, they can’t even boil water or cook simple meals since moving in. Actually I have caused them some inconvenience too. Just like when we check in a hotel, we will blow our top if our hotel room aircon leaks! -
lee_yl:
Your case, may not be induction cooker issue but wrong type of pot used.Who so “lucky” to get consecutive tenants one worse than the other?
If you compare working as an OL who earns $3K per month, OL needs to squeeze the MRT during peak hours 5 days a week. Project deadline reaching, maybe need to OT. Boss bad mood, also kena, everyday still have to face bitchy colleagues and deal with office politics, not “sian”?
That’s why I think LL is the best job ever. Some say SAHM is an easy job, but I think SAHM has to work 365 days without leave and no pay!
Being a LL at most get stressed during the first 30 days when a new lease starts and if lucky, only needs to contact the tenant to arrange for viewing when the lease is ending.
@Vinegar,
My tenant asked for a new induction cooker and I really Sian half, need to fork out $ ftom my pocket and waste time to look for one. But on the other hand, to be fair to the my tenant who is paying rental, they can’t even boil water or cook simple meals since moving in. Actually I have caused them some inconvenience too. Just like when we check in a hotel, we will blow our top if our hotel room aircon leaks! -
lee_yl,
Get them induction appropriate pots & u solve yr problem w/o big expenses or future reversal concerns.
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