7 Sneaky Signs of a Terrible Tenant!

[@allann7333]

Good advice. In Baltimore, I've met female applicant who told me that she was moving by herself, but she showed up to my property with her boyfriend in her boyfriends brand new Mercedes-Benz. My property is in a low middle class neighborhood, so that was a red flag. The average rent in my area is $800. Next, the boyfriend seemed more interested in the property, asking questions about having barbecues in the yard. It was clear that he will try run the place, as if its his. After I caught onto the game, the girlfriend tried to assure me that it will only be her living in the property. I told her that I'm moving onto someone else. I always have problems with the boyfriends. Most of the time, the girlfriend wants to move in with their hustler boyfriend or ex con boyfriend. When I tell them that all adults moving in are subject to a background check, they run away.

[@DevinMorenoInvesting]

Yeah this is definitely a perfect example of the last point in my video. Certainly a case where someone was taking advantage of someone else

[@hollybaileypsychicmedium]

YES! I acutally owned rentals for 8 years. I had a little old lady retired on Social Securty SCAM ME! she ended up being a professional scam artist that moved from property to property leveraging rental laws in her favor and lived FOR FREE! she was on social security, had verified income and the whole bit, letters of recommendation BLAH BLAH...AND in Indiana you are required to move their personal property and put in storage for 60 days AT YOUR EXPENSE, she knew this so we ended up having to move all of her stuff and store it which costs literally over $600 to hire someone...then she called me and harassed me wanting her stuff, its was unreal..she stayed in the property till the very last day I had to pay another $100 to have the police do a LOCKOUT. When the cops showed up he says OH YEA< SHE GOT YOU TOO, she scams landlords everywhere around here with the sweet little old lady MOVE!.....little old lady PROFESSIONAL SCAM ARTIST....I went to the PROSECUTOR of the STATE and turned her over to the State. she ended up getting 4 felonies convictions, for scamming me and like 10 others businesses in the area including a funeral home.

[@anyviolet]

This is a great list and well organized. There is, though, all due respect, one big reason people desire private landlords -- they don't raise the rent every year if you're a great tenant and they frequently charge less in the first place anyway. Corporate landlords, without fail in my experience, raise the rent EVERY year no matter if you're the best tenant ever. Lifelong renter here, several places rented (usually long term), I ALWAYS pay rent EARLY, keep maint calls to bare minimum and complaints to zero, and keep my credit score and landlord references at hand when apartment hunting. I've secured every single place I wanted to rent, sometimes w/ lots of competition. Bottom line: I love private landlords because they appreciate good tenants.

[@clauda734]

I beg landlords please listen to this man he is 100% correct! I am a landlord myself and trust me he knows what he is talking about!

[@epicsdrummer2010]

What is needed is a Tenant Rating Score like a Credit Score.

[@lv4077]

Another red flag is the prospective tenant wanting to borrow the money for the deposit and first and last months rent.

[@bridgettjonessmith9311]

Good information. I've met a few professional tenants. You are right.

[@DevinMorenoInvesting]

Unfortunately I have run across them too. One took over my apartment for 8 months when I just started. Won't let that happen again

[@13bcoffee]

Section 8 voucher program has not gone well in my city. At this point 70% of landlords surveyed by phone said they did not accept the vouchers. That despite a recent city ordinance that states a person can't be rejected simply because they have a voucher. If I understand the program correctly the landlords units have to be Section 9 approved before they can rent. Since the two large apartment buildings across the street from me started accepting Section 8, things have gone downhill. Now there is everything from graffiti fights, trash and crazy noise from both places along with a homicide or two. Supposedly both places limit Section 8 holders to only 10% of the units. I doubt that is true. The intent of the program is good but the results have not been good where I am at. Sadly entire neighborhoods that have become heavy with Section 8 renters have declined. Seems to me like the program is just relocating poverty rather than trying to reduce it. Moving poor people next door like middle class folks like myself is not going to change them.

[@ladyisroyal]

All truths. I've managed in DC & MD for 15 years, and can attest to detecting all the tricks at the door. I manage apartments for a company, so we still have to accept them usually, and their antics fill my days.

[@DevinMorenoInvesting]

Yeah I imagine its a lot harder to filter through these tenants in an apartment complex, especially if they technically "qualify" in many of the usual ways (even if just barely). That is unfortunate that the laws force you to go through that.

[@nevermore464]

Hey! I missed your videos ...I gotta say, I have experienced some of these as a landlord in LV. They're definitely warning ⚠️ signs. Thankfully issues never went too far, but they're warning signs.

[@DevinMorenoInvesting]

I've missed being back. The videos are hard to keep up with but I'm still going for keeping everyone up to date on things. I'm glad you were not taken advantage of by these tenants. They certainly hurt a lot of new landlords

[@larryhughes72]

Good information - However this makes me not want to be a Landlord at all.

[@DevinMorenoInvesting]

It can certainly be challenging for a lot of people. However property managers can handle this part for anyone who would rather not deal with it

[@TL-wy1nk]

I wouldn't be a landlord. I would invest in the stock market. I think you will sleep better, and not have any hassles.

[@princessmarlena1359]

They badmouth former landlords _constantly_ or have had a problem with their past neighbors/roommates and complain about them as well.

[@DevinMorenoInvesting]

100%

[@elcesar999]

Devin the truth Moreno

[@dolittle6781]

Lots of great info! Many thanks for this excellent content. It seems almost every prospective tenant is potentially a "professional tenant." Unfortunately, it also appears that most renters tend to be pretty sketchy individuals, otherwise they'd have their act together and own their own home, wouldn't they? Lots of risks involved in being a landlord. Consider using a reputable property management company instead of handling things yourself.

[@duckling4393]

8th Sign: SECTION 8

[@DevinMorenoInvesting]

I don't necessarily agree with that but I do understand many people get burned by voucher tenants. I have a property manager friend who said they had two apartment buildings go very badly when they were forced to accept them by the city.

[@catherineharcourt8592]

I nip in bud with bad tenants, cause it is my house. Think my quickness shocks them, as they good at scamming. I have quickly asap moved their stuff out of their space. Even once camped in lounge. Don’t wait for law, or procrastinate. I am a crazy lady to them. They go. Quickly as they clear that l consider it my space. SHOCK works. And totally agree with your info and advice. I don’t need it to be legal, it is my house and l am a nice person.

[@TL-wy1nk]

100% agree. If I were a landlord, you would see my" bad side" in a hurry. Not pretty.

[@robertbula]

I literally failed all of the red flags twice and now I have 2 horrible tenants

[@DevinMorenoInvesting]

Unfortunately experience is a painful lesson. Its always easy to see these red flags as ordinary situations until you get a horrible tenant. Then you never do it again

[@smurf7665]

Stay by the book with every single interaction. If you send anything in writing, make sure you reread what you wrote 3 or 4 times first. Every communication you have with them needs to be extremely concise. Be by the book, no conversations, and when their contract is coming to an end you need to have all your ducks in a row assuming they're going to try and linger. BE READY LONG BEFORE HAND

[@proguardpets389]

@@smurf7665 i feel your pain -- have a tenant now who has not paid rent 2 years , burnt down part of the building , flooded out all the apartments, physically assaulted me and wife and the police arrested me for not fixing his apartment within 1 days of fire that the tenant on video tape started -- and the govt , demands he still gets all services including paying all there utility bills now as well -- i am done as a landlord - want to but a slightly roasted building in Brooklyn ?

[@amyyoshikawa7698]

Me too. I have a tenant who claims she is not feeling well etc. gave me bogus references. I think I am being scammed. She is taking my house hostage. She claims by law she rented my home not a room and wanted me to lower the rent fee. I don’t have a good feeling. Very concerned about the red flags. Even though this renter pays me month to month there was no written agreement. The previous realtor also is a possible scammer. 😢🙏

[@AG-nl1sv]

I'm not a lawyer, but personally I would start the eviction process. You should have the deed to your house. Also, figure out if she is considered "tenants" since you don't have a contract with her. She could be classified as a "squatter" and trespassing. Tenant "mot feeling well" is their business. Your business is to collect rent from someone using your home. You are not her mom nor charity. Kick her out.

[@duckling4393]

is it possible to go down to the county clerk's office and search for a person's record to see if he/she has any eviction, criminal, arrests, etc?

[@DevinMorenoInvesting]

You can do that but the Maryland Judiciary Case Search website would be a faster way to do the same thing

[@CirceIsland]

Hi Service dog handler here! Just so you know the only 2 legal questions your allowed to ask is if the animal is a service animal. Next you'd ask what their task is. The task is the animal's job/occupation. Also there are no "official papers" either. It is true Dogs and miniature horses are the only service animals acknowledged by travel entities.

[@DevinMorenoInvesting]

Great to know! Honestly if a real service dog handler actually said that during the process, we would gladly let them in. Real service dogs are well behaved and are not a problem on rentals. The problem is like 50% of people with a pet say it's a service animal.

[@ronkeobaro1647]

Thx! You have been really helpful🙏

[@user-mx2su8dl5s]

Very interesting video. One question w.r.t your boyfriend / girlfriend point: if I have only the "good" part of the pair on the lease, and he decides to leave / not renew the lease, does the "bad" part have any rights (let's say he said he subleased)?

[@MrStarofTruth]

im disabled and my landlord move in directly next door to me a nuisance tenant that breaks all the rules he disturb the peace all night he fights in the unit and has basically damaged the unit , since i complaint the tenant has moved to have my income cut off so i will have to move .. and since im disabled he disrespects me in every way he can.. and he will not move and he has torn the place up .

[@ominous450]

I bit the bullet on red flags 1,2,5. I'm paying for it now

[@kevinolesik1500]

nightmare tenant 7/7 ...

[@lynndeatherage3792]

I was born in Baltimore City MARYLAND IN Sept 28, 1959. But alot of these people who hate all disabled people who have naacp and blmers groups have been welfare fraud and professionals tenants who have rights under the fedreal laws are fair housing laws. They lie about disabled people who are disabled people who have house choice vouchers program and pays the rent on time which I do. Only twice I was late. For a dumb reason why had to 1 ended a in the hospital 🏥 few days and I called them asst manager told her after I came home I went back out to cub foods got money orders. These people caused trouble for others tenants because of there loss there hcvs.