Or, at least it gave us plenty to stress about.
We've had nearly twenty calls or emails of interest from our craigslist posting for renting our house. Way overwhelming. We have shown the house to two couples, and will show it to a third on Friday.
Almost half of the interested parties are from out-of-state, something we weren't expecting. A lot of them actually seem more serious than the local callers.
We're doing credit checks and taking applications, trying to do everything the way we're supposed to. There's a lot to think about. Too much. But I think we're close to getting it all squared away. Hopefully. At least, we have some promising applicants and are looking forward to trying to get a lease signed with them.
Anyway. Renting a house is stressful. Is that a surprise? Not really, I guess. But it is...er...stressful!
2 comments:
Sounds exciting.
So are these people relocating for new jobs in Bellingham? Are they families? It will be interesting to see how long your chosen tenants stay there.
Our prospective tenants are a married couple, relocating for jobs. Unfortunately, it's likely that they will stay just a year, or maybe two, as they will probably be shopping for their own house.
We'd like to have someone who would stay for a long time, but oh well. This couple seems great, and they will give us good first-timer practice.
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