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I'm delighted to work with renters.... as they sometimes become buyers in the future - not to mention they'll give good referrals for others looking to buy.
If it's a homeowner looking to rent their home, sure, we'll do the property management end of things - and when the market turns and they're ready to sell that rental home, who do you suppose they'll call?
Many times, it's the realtor who helped them buy it.
In Houston, we have a huge group of renters that will always be renters - always. Those ARE the ones with bad credit (and no desire to make it better) and are extremely undependable. That group is probabaly about 20% of the city. I just avoid them.
Again, a friend or client's child's first place, and interim renter from a transfer into the city or new house build, a temporary lifestyle change (divorce) - different story.
I've had my license for about a year in MD and it's just about all I have done. As a new agent it's a great way to meet new clients and in Baltimore, we have such a high turnover with people for jobs or school or whatnot that it can actually be fairly lucrative. Plus there is the whole benefit of them becoming buyers and them coming to you. Plus the work side of it is a breeze. Show about 3 or 4 rentals, they put a deposit down, sign a lease and it's done. On average I turn over rentals from first meet to lease signing in under 3 days.
In Idaho, rentals are not listed in MLS, so agents typically do not interact with renters unless said agent is also a property manager. Our office is both, so on top of the real estate, we manage about 90 rentals, but the agents do not help put renters into other properties, and the renters who come to us do not have agents working with them.
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