Comments on: Accidental Landlords http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/04/accidental-landlords/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:50:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Sasha http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/04/accidental-landlords/#comment-118692 Sasha Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:23:54 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/04/accidental-landlords/#comment-118692 Lazy Man, I'm glad to hear you're having a good experience landlording, and agree that there are wonderful skills one can learn by doing so. I've even encouraged some of my friends to list it on their resumes, since there's certainly lots of skill involved, whether dealing with difficult people or just organizing all the paperwork. I am curious as to why you'd offer reduced rent for being more of a novice--what sorts of things are/were you not offering which you might as a more experienced landlord? I'd actually be somewhat fearful of disclosing a lack of experience to avoid encouraging those who like to work the system, but that's just me. Lazy Man,

I’m glad to hear you’re having a good experience landlording, and agree that there are wonderful skills one can learn by doing so. I’ve even encouraged some of my friends to list it on their resumes, since there’s certainly lots of skill involved, whether dealing with difficult people or just organizing all the paperwork.

I am curious as to why you’d offer reduced rent for being more of a novice–what sorts of things are/were you not offering which you might as a more experienced landlord? I’d actually be somewhat fearful of disclosing a lack of experience to avoid encouraging those who like to work the system, but that’s just me.

]]> By: KMC http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/04/accidental-landlords/#comment-118686 KMC Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:50:55 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/04/accidental-landlords/#comment-118686 Thanks for the thoughtful article. Many of the issues you raised are reasons I would most likely never become a landlord myself. Thanks for the thoughtful article. Many of the issues you raised are reasons I would most likely never become a landlord myself.

]]> By: Lazy Man http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/04/accidental-landlords/#comment-118683 Lazy Man Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:29:53 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/04/accidental-landlords/#comment-118683 I'm an accidental landlord. I basically let the tenants know that from the get go. Because of this, I offer reduced rent and really bend over backwards to make things work out. It's worked out well and now I'm becoming a pretty decent landlord, which is a good skill to have. I’m an accidental landlord. I basically let the tenants know that from the get go. Because of this, I offer reduced rent and really bend over backwards to make things work out.

It’s worked out well and now I’m becoming a pretty decent landlord, which is a good skill to have.

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