First Look Inside Rental #36: How did the Interesting Tenant Leave it? 

Here is the property after the remodel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CHsDUHFNb_0.html

I would be really depressed if I paid $900 a month for that place.

I think your tenant had mental health problems but I think anyone living there would be deeply depressed. What a horrible place to have to endure 😢

This is one of your first properties ever to give me slumlord vibes. Please update this before getting another renter or a buyer.

As a fellow landlord I have to say if one the flats we rent out was in that condition I'd be utterly embarrassed. That's horrible,granted you've had a tenant in there but the tenant is NOT responsible for the overall poor condition,that's years of neglect. Just because we have these properties as an investment,with no intention of ever inhabiting them,that doesn't mean we cut corners or get dodgy Joe in to make repairs - we still need to keep the places in good order. I see you've got a washer/dryer combo in there but it would be more pertinent to fix the light switches etc that look like an electrocution waiting to happen. You're asking way too much for rent - somehow we've managed to retain our great tenants and we've not increased the rent regardless of this being a rental climate that just ripe to reap huge profits for us landlords - I'd rather keep my integrity, honesty and sincerity than make money off other people's misery and hardship.

I almost choked when you said someone was paying $900 for that hovel. 😮

I would be ashamed to rent an apartment/house that looked like this. I spit my tea at the little bit of work comment. It is hideous!

I can definitely see the potential in this property, especially with the fenced in backyard, storage shed and parking. HOWEVER, the inside is absolutely depressing and needs some serious upgrades in the kitchen, bathroom and flooring. Just because you CAN get $900/month out of it doesn't mean you SHOULD. But then, price gouging is what it's all about these days because "it's so much cheaper than" (name the place).

Oh Mark! This is some rough livin. Please do whatever you can to fix it up 🙏🏻

That's an absolute tear-down in California! It looks like some of the dumps I lived in in the '60s! But back then I paid $200/m. for a 1 bedroom! And at least in CA we had grass & trees & flowers all year round. I planted a little vegetable garden in almost every place I lived! I guess I didn't realize that CO is so expensive. But now I know!

it looks like a dump

I almost died laughing when he said it was worth "$400,000" 😂☠️

The place does need a good update with a new kitchen to floors and the bathroom a better layout. Nice to see a bigger shower. Looks like both places can use an outside paint job to give it a fresher look for the neighborhood.

$900 a month for that dump!?!?!?!? You just reinforced my faith in Slumlords🤑

Did he say the property is worth close to $400,000 😂😂😂😂. Does that include the land as well 😂😂. I wouldn't let my dog live there

I was paying $375 per for my substandard 1050 sq ft house but the landlord was a good one. Have had the garage door/opener replaced. New HVAC and water heater replaced and now recently reroofed. I've now bought it for $45000, cash. Warts and all. And I know em all. Feel blessed.

How can you charge $900 for rent ? No wonder there are so many homeless !!

I would push it to the ground and sell the lot. Too much work needed on it. Appliances worth more than the structures.

Are you serious? 900 dollars for that? This is true greed. You should remodel that place, its enough to cause anyone to have mental stress.

I am honestly shocked at the extreme poor condition of that property! Is it even legal to rent such a dump?

It is never fun to have a problem tenant. My father rented numerous 4-plex flats in Detroit for years when I was a kid. One tenant put in one of the 3ft deep above ground swimming pools and my dad took it out due to the liability. Tenant called my mother at home to complain that if my dad cared about his kids he would have left it alone. My mother being sympathetic told him if he cared about his kids, he wouldn't live there ... 😅🤣😂

Sounds like the Tenant was having a nervous breakdown. My aunt went through the same. She said people were drugging her and talking through the walls and a little while later she was admitted to a mental hospital. She had a nervous breakdown. That was about 30 yrs ago. And she's still on medication to this day. Other than that she was the sweetest lady.

Needs a lot of work, but definitely has the potential to be a decent one-bedroom home. The fenced in yard, shed, and parking space are added bonuses.

I would LOVE to see that house fixed up. 🥰

I vote for kitchen sink under the window and a U shape kitchen! Or perhaps a penninsula with a small eat in bar

Nice property!!!!! Cute small house!!!!!! Really needs some TLC. First paint house white & also paint outside window trims brown along with door trim ( brown ). Remove the outside light and place it above the door for better lighting. Paint hand rail ( brown ) also paint the fence brown. I personally think that you will get any amount rent you're asking for. It's private and has a huge back yard ( all fenced in ). Anyone with dogs would pay big bucks to have this!!!!!!!!! The inside needs some work. Don't go really cheap on repairs!!!! New wood floors thru out. White wooden blinds. Do a soft cream color for your walls. New cabinets. It will sell fast!!!!!! Good luck Mark!!!

Right now its a step up from a shanty in Mexico. Doesn't make a person feel like they have much self worth! Yard is the nicest part. Maybe get a tent with a heat stove pitch it in the back cuz that would be nicer!. Honestly needs major Reno to charge $900, and then it's a stretch. One of our biggest problems today is how we treat each other. This place for $ 900 would make me feel like I had no self worth. Big enough for 1 person with a cat. Avg Greeley wages for a month for 1 person , $1800 at best so $900 to live on gas/electric/insurance/fuel you might have $500 left over for groceries and whatever other bills. No chance to get ahead No chance to go anywhere in life. Dismal. Quite frankly I'm surprised you own this. I watch your channel religiously and this place sucks.

A good Bulldozer will work GREAT !!!!!!

Keep the shower separate, update the kitchen, bathroom, flooring, ventilation, paint, add a deck and second bedroom. Then ask a little more than 900

Light remodel? That place is a dump. Oh my God man, modernize it!!

Damn that garage unit is rough ! You seem to like to buy these pieced together rundown places ! lol Careful not to get the title of Slumlord in your area though and taint your company name !

That place needs a complete remodel, 1650, really ?? It's a mess

I started thinking about that little (yucky, not so nice, eeew nasty) place some more and putting aside the odd location (cause that would be a deal breaker for me) I think with a small investment it could be a cute little place (for one person). New Floor, paint (inside and out), new kitchen, super scrubbing and instead of moving the shower, as a rental I’d spend the money putting in a nice new shower with glass doors and leave it where it is. It’s not like it’s that much closer to the bathroom if you did the work of taking the wall down etc.

It would be nice if there were a few more windows to bring in more natural light in the living room. It gives off dungeon vibes. That’s just me though. Congrats for no longer having to deal with that tenant. Hope the next tenant(s) are more sane😁

Why isn’t there any grass? Not one blade.

Got a lot of work ahead of you that place looks like crap but looking forward to the new improvements you do

👍 look forward to the "after remodel" video. For once, someone left your place clean 😊. Nice little fenced in yard for someone with a dog, and yes that's rare. Especially in Greeley! And if the tenant can park in the garage, win-win!!!

You know those first two properties on the Monopoly board? That’s marks entire portfolio… lol

A door to the outside through the restroom? That's--weird.

That is not up to your standards at all. Not that I’d personally invests money into it as the area isn’t very nice.

This can truly be a very nice home for someone elderly that will take care of this home. Doing some nice upgrades will make it much more comfortable and pleasing to the eye.

So you had my ex-wife living there .

That's a real shit hole of a property. 900 for that shack in an industrial area, depressing.

Defnetly alot of potential. Bit of cosmetic work and it would be 10 times better. I would probably change that door in the bathroom to a window in addition to moving the shower. A cold drafty door in a room where your typically taking showers doens't seem pleasent. Let alone the most private room in a home connected to the outside.

I've had some crazies in my time. One made so many complaints in the first month I sent notice of termination the 2nd. For comparison, the prior tenant had 2 calls for service in 3 years, and the subsequent tenant had 3 calls in 8 years.

I would pay more for the rental with fenced yard, especially with new kitchen, maybe move the stove to the other end of the countertop?

It's a hovel. To describe it as being in not very bad shape is delusional, to be generous.

Mark, are you ever worried that showing problems from the ocho on RU-vid will make it harder to sell? I love that you post the good, the bad and the ugly of your real estate adventures.

cant wait to see what you do with this place. Wonder if it would be to much of a headache if you were to put a garage or large storage building in the one corner and rent it out.

With all the trailers you keep having abandoned you could put one on the empty space and rent it with some electric and plumbing added.

This is a sad video. What a depressing place to live.

I think it’s cute can’t wait to see it all done

Why is the yard all dirt? It would be a nightmare in rain or snow!

Those" no cause" leases are crazy. The politicians are trying to take away the power of the landlord. So short sighted.

400k for that!?

The fact you were renting that out in that horrible condition is embarrassing. That tenant was paying way too much for that place. It has a lot of potential but that place is in shambles. It needs to be completely gutted and that door from the bathroom needs to be either removed or the bathroom should be moved. Just creepy.

Unfortunately we’re heading there again. High rents, poor maintenance. The tenants didn’t appear to leave anything in a bad way. They just moved on. It’s not fun being a landlord or a tenant. However without mutual respect for living makes it hell on earth. Lest we forget. Do your history.

I think you should bulldoze the whole thing and put a shipping container tiny house on it. It would look way better and the payments would only be 500 a month and you can rent for 1000 per month easily.👍🏽

A lot of these commenters must have never watched the complex or compound videos if they think this place is bad.

It doesn't elicit sympathy for you to complain about the person's personality. That tenant obviously has problems that had diagnoses, whether physical, mental or emotional. This is an example of how a vulnerable person can end up in a degraded situation. The tenant probably got subsidized housing, Section 8 or whatever so the State was picking up the tab on part or most of this dump; where she could have her dog. Yes I know, that's business.... And I'm guessing this in in Aurora near the airport, which is the reason it is worth so much.

Out of plumb, joints don't fit, just a nasty abode. No yard, no fence, no grass. $500 tops

Dump

A tiny house renovation & yard renovation would make this place a GEM! The house needs a living room divider, a fireplace wall insert & a stained glass box window. I'm sure you'll do that. Did I miss seeing a bedroom in the house? 😆

Your acquisition videos DEPRESS me. I pay over $1,000/mo for 1-bedroom that has no insulation. I resent, with every bone in my body, not being able to buy a small house while I pay monthly, more than 2× the cost of a prior mortgage. I AM X-ING ALL INVESTMENT RU-vidRS.

The shed looks better than the house.

Selling it....looks like it needs to be condemned. Who ever lived there was desperate.

Paint the shed also ( white or brown ) it will hide all the rust. 😊😊😊😊😊

That could be a cute little place for one person if it was fixed up.

I’m in the rental business. If I owned a piece of shit like that I would ask my fire department if they wanted some practice and let them burn it.

Did anyone notice the flooding lines on the fence. It must have been awfully miserable living there , leaving the house in gunboots., just Sayi’n

I've read over the comments and I don't think there is any reason to be nasty. Like I said, I think that the land is worth more at this point, but that's my opinion. I'm not the investor.

Could you put the washer and dryer in the new bathroom?

I’m sorry but that unit is horrible. How can you rent crap like that?

I've never seen a back bathroom alley door before... that's interesting.

Light remodel? Please renovate before renting again. It’s such a depressing house. Also… can you imagine paying rent for a private home for yourself and having realtors and buyers parading through your home every day? I kind of feel bad for your “problem tenant “

Never will rent anything looking like that 😢

I'd knock the middle wall down if not load bearing, remodel the bathroom and kitchen for better layout. Relocate the outside door for the fenced yard. Put a slant roof on it so it manages to not collect water while it rains... and market it as a deluxe studio for 950 to 1k a mo

OMG! I would not rent this! Hopefully you fix it up! Has slum lord vibes !

I thought it was abandoned and no one lived there for years. Rough looking, needs some serious updates. As of what I see right now, I wouldn't let a human live there. Just gross looking.

yea i agree that is a dump. i would be ashamed to say i own that place deff a slumlord owner

OMG it's rough and ready. $900 a month is cheap though compared to my city Melbourne, Australia. A studio apartment is about $285 a week but brand new. My apartment is in a complex on the beach with a large pool, 2 bedroom, balcony, fully renovated for $320 a fortnight

That place is a collasal shut hole, what a slum lord, are you kidding me, that place would be condemned where I live. I can't believe he actually put this on RU-vid, now everyone can see what a slumlord is, WOW

I can't wait to see the renovation and what you guys end up doing with the place! It's definitely a diamond in the rough, with the private fenced yard and such.

Does this little "cottage" have a basement? Seems like you could make it really cute on the inside and charge well for it, but is the location a problem (besides sharing a yard with big, noisy trucks)?

Can’t believe people would live in those places. So depressing. Need knocking down.

What makes that place 900.00? You should have shut up and let her stay. Everything about that property is horrible.

It's a nice little house. Just needs some remodeling. But I wouldn't like people going through the bathroom to get to the yard. I couldn't tell exactly how the layout was. But depending on the cost of having to change plumbing. I think that room should be the utility room. Do the appliances come with it if you choose to rent it out again. I think the sink cabinet would be better where the window is remove the light fixture down and put a full set of upper cabinets against that wall and put an exhaust fan above the stove.

😢mental illness is rough. The great spirit in ya'lls firm is so awesome. God bless

PLACE IS DUMP. I'd feel ill too living there

Oh no that looks like them illegal little converted garages in Los Angeles. That looks so depressing cold and dingly

It has potential. 👍

Wow needs cleaned painted and some updates .

Well have to start somewhere and Looking forward to how you fix it up 🙌

900 bucks for that sh>t hole!? Outside looks worse than the inside!? WTF!?

Only $275,000? To get into any sort of non-condo or land rental investment here (Toronto, Canada), you're looking at a minimum $1 million. 1 bedroom rentals also start at $2k+ per month

There should be a law that you can't rent dumps like this for 900 a month.

Reconfigure the bathroom as he mentioned. Knock out the wall between the front wall and bedroom making it one big room if that wall isn't load bearing. Update the kitchen with an extended dining bar (for bar stool seating). Get rid of that ugly kitchen yellow paint throughout. Use ideas from Pintrest for color schemes. Add another picket(?)fence to define the front yard from the other area...Then you might get that 900..otherwise this as it is is slum standard.

I pay $1200 month....no washing machine ,no fridge ,no shed ...but ,not as depressing as this place.

People, actual human beings paid $900 to live in that dump? City should cite the landlord for this deplorable building

Looks like a real dump. Must be surrounded by toxic industry also.