You can reference tenants, you can use your own judgement to select ones you think you can trust and you can be a good honest considerate landlord, but there is still no guarantee they will treat your property with respect.
If you have not experienced any issues with tenants damaging your property then you are very lucky. As a landlord myself I have had my share of bad tenants but am regularly horrified at some of the checkout videos I see back from our inventory clerks. Perhaps I am too emotional about the subject, but I really feel that some of these tenants should be prosecuted for criminal damage rather than just forfeiting their deposit. Continue reading Warning: Upsetting Footage For Landlords