#430: Why My Best Tenants Wear Hard Hats, Not Suits
#430: Why My Best Tenants Wear Hard Hats, Not Suits  
Podcast: Real Estate Investing with Coach Carson
Published On: Fri Jul 25 2025
Description: ⭐ Join Rental Property Mastery, my community of rental investors on their way to financial freedom: https://coachcarson.com/rpm   🎙️ Episode #430 – Many landlords assume higher income means better tenants – but Coach has found the opposite can be true. He shares why "hard hat tenants" often stay longer, pay reliably, and take better care of your property than you'd expect.   ▶️ Next Episode: This Is My Ideal Rental Property (Size, materials used, buy box) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/305-this-is-my-ideal-rental-property-size-materials/id1448707654?i=1000625110649   📄 Show Notes:  https://www.coachcarson.com/besttenants/   🎬 Timestamps: (0:00) - Why you should try "hard hat" tenants  (1:20) - Criteria of a good tenant (3:49) - 4 levels of tenant income  (6:30) - How low income tenants can be better (8:00) - Higher income doesn't equal better tenants (8:33) - Rent levels in Clemson (10:40) - Buy box for long-term rentals (13:00) - My Private Community (13:40) - Chad's buy box criteria ____________________________________________________________________ ⚒️ Get my FREE Real Estate Investor Toolkit: https://www.coachcarson.com/toolkit-pod 🖥️ Learn with Coach (Courses, Books & more): https://www.CoachCarson.com 👋 Connect with Me: 📸 https://www.instagram.com/coachchadcarson 👍 https://www.facebook.com/coachchadcarson 🐦 https://twitter.com/CoachChadCarson 💵 Need Investor-Friendly Financing? This is who I trust → https://www.coachcarson.com/bryan 💰 DealMachine – Software to help you buy more real estate deals: https://www.coachcarson.com/dealmachine-YT