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4X4 · 06-04-2011, 02:13 PM

You can get an info package including usable leases and applications from the Calgary Apartment Association for something like $40.

Ask as many questions as you want. Find a tenant that you're ok with. Follow your gut. For the love of God, DON'T fall for any hard luck stories. Strictly business.

Job? Check.
Sufficient income? Check.
Prospective tenant has a full set of teeth and no meth scabs? Check.

Seriously, you're going to get a parade of losers through your house before you find a legitimate tenant that wants to - and can afford - to rent your house. Don't stop interviewing until you find that person. Slacking off now means big (huge) headaches down the road.

A loser will always be a loser. A loser might make his way through AADAC, but the second he falls off the wagon, you'll be the first person screwed.

Single moms with sob stories about their a-hole exes can also hit the bricks. If YOU can't afford to pay the rent, you're not living here. The last thing I'm going to get involved in is domestic BS over child support and whatnot.

And then there's kids. The twentysomethings that are "not into partying". Bullsh*t. They all are. Hell, I'm 32 and I still am. They party, they piss off the neighbours, and you get the phone call.

Lastly, there's the ethnic people. Ooh... Did 4x4 just get racist? No, not really. It's their goddamn food smells that NEVER leave the house. Think about that. I'm not kidding.

06-04-2011, 02:13 PM	#4
4X4 One of the Nine Join Date: Dec 2004 Exp:	You can get an info package including usable leases and applications from the Calgary Apartment Association for something like $40. Ask as many questions as you want. Find a tenant that you're ok with. Follow your gut. For the love of God, DON'T fall for any hard luck stories. Strictly business. Job? Check. Sufficient income? Check. Prospective tenant has a full set of teeth and no meth scabs? Check. Seriously, you're going to get a parade of losers through your house before you find a legitimate tenant that wants to - and can afford - to rent your house. Don't stop interviewing until you find that person. Slacking off now means big (huge) headaches down the road. A loser will always be a loser. A loser might make his way through AADAC, but the second he falls off the wagon, you'll be the first person screwed. Single moms with sob stories about their a-hole exes can also hit the bricks. If YOU can't afford to pay the rent, you're not living here. The last thing I'm going to get involved in is domestic BS over child support and whatnot. And then there's kids. The twentysomethings that are "not into partying". Bullsh*t. They all are. Hell, I'm 32 and I still am. They party, they piss off the neighbours, and you get the phone call. Lastly, there's the ethnic people. Ooh... Did 4x4 just get racist? No, not really. It's their goddamn food smells that NEVER leave the house. Think about that. I'm not kidding.