Macowiec
15 Oct 2018
Real Estate / Landlords and flat owners in Poland - how do you choose your tenants? [5]
Reviving this thread in 2018!-I wonder if there have been any changes to the above advice, in terms of the new RODO (European privacy) regulations?
What exactly can one ask when vetting tenants? I have several apartments I let out, and after years of rather successful rentals, I've recently run into some problem cases:
*one guy lost his job and has fallen behind
*another guy is nearly 3 months behind, and full of excuses (he forgot to sent the payment, he sent it to the wrong account, etc., tomorrow he'll send it, etc.) Every now and then he'll send a partial payment, but nowhere near the full amount owed.
I normally take one month's rent as a security deposit. Could this be increased to 2, or would it scare most everyone away? Someone for who 2 month's rent is no problem might be a safer bet (i.e. they're not skint).
Also, at the end of a fixed term lease are the tenants required to move out (e.g. I can call the police or change the locks if they don't), or can they try to stay claiming they don't have anywhere to go?
Reviving this thread in 2018!-I wonder if there have been any changes to the above advice, in terms of the new RODO (European privacy) regulations?
What exactly can one ask when vetting tenants? I have several apartments I let out, and after years of rather successful rentals, I've recently run into some problem cases:
*one guy lost his job and has fallen behind
*another guy is nearly 3 months behind, and full of excuses (he forgot to sent the payment, he sent it to the wrong account, etc., tomorrow he'll send it, etc.) Every now and then he'll send a partial payment, but nowhere near the full amount owed.
I normally take one month's rent as a security deposit. Could this be increased to 2, or would it scare most everyone away? Someone for who 2 month's rent is no problem might be a safer bet (i.e. they're not skint).
Also, at the end of a fixed term lease are the tenants required to move out (e.g. I can call the police or change the locks if they don't), or can they try to stay claiming they don't have anywhere to go?