It is understood by the terms of a lease that there is rent to be paid...clearly outlined as to how much is expected and when it is due. But that doesn’t mean that this actually happens 100% of the time. People are human, and life happens. And at Propman Property Management, we hear it all.

Here are some of our favorite excuses why tenants couldn’t pay the rent:

They have other priorities:

• “My BMW is in the shop and I can’t afford to pay for both.”
• “I had the choice of paying the rent or buying a car. I bought a car. I thought you would understand.”

It is out of their hands:

• “My paycheck comes out of Japan and the plane crashed.”
• “I deposited my paycheck in the bank’s ATM and it got caught in the rollers. It took six days for the bank to tear apart the machine.”
• “My daughter ate my husband’s paycheck.”

They have poor money management skills:

•  “I am straight broke.”
• “My income tax return was supposed to arrive a week ago, so I spent all the money from my paycheck, and now my tax return check has been delayed until two weeks from now.”

Who me?

• It’s your fault. You deposited my check too late. My automatic withdrawals went through the bank before the rent check.”
• I’m sure I paid you—YOU must have lost it!”

Aren’t you glad you use a property management company to deal with tenants?