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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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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

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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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