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BiggerPockets Real Estate · December 1, 2025 · 50m

7 Mistakes Every New Landlord Makes

Dave Meyer on the errors that cost new landlords thousands: underestimating vacancy, skipping tenant screening, underpricing rent, ignoring maintenance, and emotional decision-making.

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Canon

Meyer: a clear lease with automatic late fees, defined maintenance responsibilities, and consistent enforcement produces better tenant behavior than trying to find the 'perfect' tenant.

Highlights

Tenant screening is the single most important decision a landlord makes
Meyer: one bad tenant can cost $10-20K in unpaid rent, damage, and eviction costs. Rigorous screening (credit, income verification, references, background) is cheap insurance against catastrophic loss.
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