As a landlord, we've run into much, much worse. Have one house gutted right now.....omg......should have just torched it and walked away.Strong independent bachelor View attachment 228922
WTF is wrong with people? Don't peeps have any respect for someone elses property?As a landlord, we've run into much, much worse. Have one house gutted right now.....omg......should have just torched it and walked away.
I think addiction or abuse of some kind is almost always present when things go bad.WTF is wrong with people? Don't peeps have any respect for someone elses property?
My buddy from work rented his place to a nice couple, so he thought.
Contract, the whole bit...went to house a couple weeks later to pick something up and there was 12-15 pairs of work boots inside the door and mud everywhere.
The guy brought his wife to give the impression it was for them, it was for a construction crew for a subdivision they were working on.
He had a h3ll of a time gettin' them out.
That's easy to get them out. My stance on renters is if they are fair and play by the rules so will I, if they don't then I won't either. In a case like that I would be posting 72 hour eviction notice, if it wasn't followed I would find out when the house is empty and change the locks and post notice on door that possession is back to landlord. If they go in at that point, it's breaking and entering and you can just call the cops to remove them. It's also a big reason why you need to check on the place on a regular basis. No one except for people on the lease unless it's their kids are allowed to stay for any extended period can't remember exactly how long, it's a breech of the lease and a cause for eviction. The other option is finding out where they work and if it's a big company go to the employer, threaten litigation against them for damages if they don't provide names of everyone living in the house employed there, any company will do it because if there is 12-15 guys from one company in one place, you can easily make a reasonable assumption the employer had something to do with it. Damage to property sucks, but as long as you can collect to fix it, it's not that big of a deal.
So many landlords miss out on collecting because they don't know the legal system, it is very easy to sue and garnish wages if you know where the people work. The other thing i'm working on for a new lease contract is adding the ability to tack on collection agency fees so I can just let them find the people and hit their credit if I don't know where they work. If you have in the lease you can tack their fees ontop you pay nothing, and not out any time or cost chasing them down, and most people even renters will be forced to pay if it hits their credit or threatens to.