Tenants. What am I doing wrong?

**cowboyz** · 11th April 2012, 14:09

Originally Posted by jrandom

Because people who have their shit sorted in life to the extent of being able to do that aren't looking to move in to some guy's spare room.

Basically, your market is 99% comprised of losers. Think about it.

This is the eternal flatting story. Got-their-shit-together person gets house, naively thinks to support the cost with a flatmate, who will be a responsible person who pays bills and doesn't stink out the house with cannabis. Ends up with: irresponsible broken-arse who stinks the house out with cannabis. I am of course talking from the perspective of having been the irresponsible broken-arse stinking the house out with cannabis.

The only way to make it work is to flat with people you already know. Even that can be difficult. Prepare to lose friends if you live with them. *That* story tends to go, naive got-their-shit-together person gets house, moves in a lovely friend who they're sure they'll get along with, three months later they realise lovely friend is actually an anal-retentive twat. (Or lovely friend turns out to be an irresponsible broken-arse who stinks the house out with cannabis, or you turn out to be an anal-retentive twat.)

Just accept the cost of living alone. It's worth it.

I hear what your saying but Got-their-shit-together person who got a house wasnt expecting Mrs Got-their-shit-together person to bugger off and leave Got-their-shit-together person with a mortgage and figure out the shit anit all that sticky together...........

I would live alone.. I did for a year. It is expensive and it means I cant do the other things I want to be doing. which is why I started renting out in the first place.

Originally Posted by buellbabe

Cowboyz, sorry to hijack your thread. I pretty much agree with what others have said, get the rent in advance and be more picky about the type of person.

And its not too much to ask to expect people to respect your home...

No problem. 10% commission..

**jrandom** · 11th April 2012, 14:14

Originally Posted by cowboyz

I hear what your saying but Got-their-shit-together person who got a house wasnt expecting Mrs Got-their-shit-together person to bugger off and leave Got-their-shit-together person with a mortgage...

Dollar reserve TradeMe house auction and fuck off to the WA mines for a year or two.