I Got Stood Up By A Prospective Tenant
09 Mar 2009
Unfortunately, they’ll be nothing of substance written in today’s blog post, I’m just going to rant a little about how I fucking hate time-wasters.
I got a phone call last week from a deceiving little bitch that prided herself on being a “professional working mother”, and was interested in viewing a property of mine. When someone labels themself as “professional”, you assume they’re going to carry some form of professional courtesy.
We arranged to meet Saturday afternoon, 1pm, at the vacant property. I specifically told her to contact me if she couldn’t make the appointment. I got to the property at about 12:45pm. I waited bitterly until 1:30pm. The inconsiderate fuckface never showed up. That’s 45mins of just sitting in an empty house, thinking of medieval ways to torture her if by some miracle I ever got to meet the fool. What was more annoying is that I had to go out of my way to make the appointment.
Man, I hate inconsiderate shmucks like that. It’s not hard to pick up the phone and dial my number, or even send a text message. If I can’t make an appointment, I always make sure the appropriate person is notified.
It was the first time I’ve been stood up in my landlording career, but I don’t expect it to be the last. I imagine it happens to estate agents on a regular basis. Time-wasters are brutal.
Perhaps this is karma taking its toll- I downloaded something illegal earlier last week =/
Ever been fucked around by a time-waster? Vent with me, please…
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That was the first time I've been stood up in 3 years. It's so frustrating, I don't know how you've managed with a 50% dropout rate! That would drive me insane!
But you're right, it happens, and I should get used to it =/
Kind regards
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I initially started this website because I wanted to document my every step from property idiot to property landlord,
in hope that people would find my site and help me along the way. I literally didn't have a clue about being a landlord
when I started this website.
I've done it all. Made appointments, called to confirm, and even booked a number of prospects at once. I can't win.
I now try and book my viewings all in the same block of time, usually and hour. That way I get about 4 appointments booked at roughly the same time and the most time I can waste is an hour. If half show up, at least I showed it to someone.
But man, it still happens - I do this and no one shows. More than one time I had 50% no-shows and the other 50% were degenerates. I was ready to sell.
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