How is it being a landlord in Poland? Do poles pay their rent etc.?

Hello there,

I recently became interested in becoming a landlord but I was wondering if its a persistant occurance that poles dont pay their rent? Im interested in investing in perhaps 5 smaller apartments around 35 m2 in central Olsztyn and I wonder if that can help me get my rent in. I would assume that the cheaper the apartment is, the more likley that you would get people who pay it.

I know there are some landlords on this site or maybe you have some insiderinfo somehow in how it usually is in this matter?

I know that landlords has to offer a free adress now where the evicted person can be evicted to, which opens up for so much negative behaviour. Some people probably would use this to their advantage.

Maybe you can give advice on this too? Can the person who is being evicted stay at the agreed extra adress as long as they want without having to pay anything?

Or is it just for a period they can live there by law?

Much appreciated!

You chose the wrong country to become a slum landlord. yes polaks will not pay their rent, and if you rock up on the bloks to demand it their crew will stab you. btw it's really hard to evict a polish tenant by law.

Why are there so many idiots on this board for? All I need is calculated answer from someone who actually knows instead of talking ****. Seem to be more then one here on polish"forums".

No.Amiga,its very easy but I will not post it here .You have to know how to use the law.\Eg,in the US most retailers are scared to take cheks as they may bounce and I would take it with a heartbeat if the adress on the chek matches there driving license(so they could be served properly)and if the chek bounced I filed a report in the municipal court and if the person dont show up in the court the court would isse a warrant of arrest not for the bounced chek but contempt of court.All it needed the person to be stopped by the police even after 10 years anywhere in the country or at the airport and he would be arrested for that warrant and had to bail himself out and come for the court or the offense be repeated and the bail be doubled and so on.I could remain on call as if he shows up the court clerk calls me and I or my rep be there and will be awarded chek face amount 30$ bank charges and 100$ compensation for each court date given lol where can you double your money that way.BTW one dont even need a lawyer if the amount is less then 10,000$.Similarly there is a way for a landlord to throw out a tenant with legal proceedings and some landlords use it.

I forgot to mention that we would write the driver license number on the chek as some idiot might make an excuse that he had moved but legally he cant as he didnt change his adress on his D/.L

When was the last time anybody used a check in Poland to pay their rent ? I think Pilsudski was still in power !

So many have asked that over the years.

I will say one thing and then keep my peace until further opinions are asked for: Poland is not a country to do long distance business in for those who don't know the language and local culture (and even then it can be tricky).

Absentee landlord is not anything I would recommend somebody invest in with money they can't afford to lose.

So my experience as a casual landlord - 17 years in the game. Maybe 10 tenants in 2 properties.

1 eviction and a few other cases of delay - longest was for 6 months during covid.

I am not a professional- just renting out places where I used to live. If you want to make proper money then listen to someone who does it for a living - there probably are ways to get rid of bad tenants but without the language and patience and experience then it will be more difficult

Read in the paper than in 2022 one in four properties had unpaid rent - but that includes social housing and was also after covid so maybe no longer accurate