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Lessons from Eviction Court: The Importance of Vetting Your Employees

Posted by Stephen Marshall on

Lessons from Eviction Court: The Importance of Vetting Your Employees

There's a lot of employee turnover in the rental industry. Leasing agents, assistant managers, and even property managers move around. A lot. When it happens unexpectedly at one of your properties, it can leave you in a serious bind. In those situations, every employer is tempted to lower their standards. They need help quick. So let's skip the background check. Let's skip checking their references. Let's just get them working so that all those tasks that are backing up get done.  Here's the problem: those employees are going to be handling money. Tenant money and owner money. There's almost no...

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