PropertyGuru
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Every experienced landlord and property manager develops instincts. Some are worth their weight in gold; some are just bias that costs you good tenants.
Two-part thread:
The red flag that has never let you down — the thing during viewings, referencing, or the application that reliably predicts trouble.
The "red flag" you've dropped — something you used to screen out that turned out to be a poor signal, and what changed your mind.
Please keep it to behaviour and verifiable factors, not protected characteristics — that discussion helps nobody and most jurisdictions rightly prohibit it in screening anyway.
The second half is honestly the more interesting one. What did experience prove you wrong about?
Two-part thread:
The red flag that has never let you down — the thing during viewings, referencing, or the application that reliably predicts trouble.
The "red flag" you've dropped — something you used to screen out that turned out to be a poor signal, and what changed your mind.
Please keep it to behaviour and verifiable factors, not protected characteristics — that discussion helps nobody and most jurisdictions rightly prohibit it in screening anyway.
The second half is honestly the more interesting one. What did experience prove you wrong about?