Are you a landlord with frustrating tenants? You’re not alone. Many landlords find out the hard way and suffer greatly with frustrating tenants in one of their rental properties. In this article, we’re sharing 4 ways to deal with a frustrating tenant.
If you own a rental property, sooner or later you’re going to deal with a frustrating tenant in one of your properties (if you haven’t already). Maybe they trashed the property, maybe they never pay rent on time, or there are too many people living there… maybe they just call you for every little thing they want changed or replaced (at your expense). The chances are, one day you’ll get a tenant like that renting your property. Here are 4 ways to deal with a frustrating tenant when it happens it to you.
Try to convince or negotiate with your tenants
You can try to reason with your tenants and explain that you provide a service so they need to pay you on time and treat it properly. Perhaps your tenants don’t realize they are inconveniencing you or maybe they’re not paying because they need a different payment schedule (such as weekly instead of monthly).
Evict your tenants
Evicting tenants can be tricky and even legally complicated but it’s an option. Laws often favour tenants over landlords so you might have an uphill battle but in the long run it could be worth the effort to get them out of your property and get a better tenant instead.
Explore other legal options
In some situations, you may be able to explore other legal options. Maybe even suing your tenants. It all depends on the situation and the laws governing that situation. Of course, you may need expensive legal advice to do this but sometimes it might be worth the expense just to that get bad tenant out of your rental property. Be sure to get proper legal advice first!
Sell your property
If your tenants are a real hassle and are causing you a lot of stress and expense, then you can always sell your property. In fact, a lot of rental property owners that sell to us do so because of they can’t take the frustrations of dealing with tenants any more. Depending on who you sell to, you may not even need to evict your tenant first (for example, in many cases, we can just buy and deal with the tenant for you). For rental property owners with family living in the rental, this could be an ideal solution.