Tenant gave us 14 day notice...help! (leases, renter, deposit, house)
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Make sure you go to court and obtain a judgement. This way it shows up on their credit report. Thanks to this thing called the internet it's real easy to run a records search regarding the judgement. I'd say 50% of LL will not rent to a tenet owing another LL money and showing an eviction/judgement.
Make sure you go to court and obtain a judgement. This way it shows up on their credit report. Thanks to this thing called the internet it's real easy to run a records search regarding the judgement. I'd say 50% of LL will not rent to a tenet owing another LL money and showing an eviction/judgement.
Yes... I don't know any landlords that will rent to someone that has been evicted... not a single one.
The only work around is if another party with stellar credit is also on the lease.
It takes effort and stupidity to wait to be put out on the street by the Sheriff... not something I want any part of.
Judgements and Bankruptcies have a little more leeway... one of my best renters came to my showing with his family and really liked the home... I gave him an application and he said he didn't want to waste my time because last year he had a Bankruptcy...
We talked and his story was in the local paper... his business partner left the country was cash and this guy was left holding the bag...
Why in the world would you not have a signed lease???? It doesn't matter if it is a year or month to month. Almost all the laws out there to help you are out the window because you have no written proof. It is your word against theirs as to what agreements there were. File the papers gainst them, get the apartment cleaned up and rented and pray that you get paid in the next 50 years.
Our tenant at will just gave a two week notice because she said her daughter is seeing a ghost. My husband half-jokingly said he hears things in the house sometimes. We did not ask for last months or a security because her father is a friend of the family. She took my husband's statement to mean that we knew the house was haunted before they moved in. I think this haunted business is nonsense, and I remember clearly being the same age as the little girl and truly believing there were monsters under my bed and in my closet. I am bewildered and upset that my home is a place where this family is uncomfortable. Am I being duped..?? Have you ever heard of such a thing.
Our tenant at will just gave a two week notice because she said her daughter is seeing a ghost.
Am I being duped..?? Have you ever heard of such a thing.
Does it matter?
If you're not going to address the matter as a landlord and attempt to recover your damages
then it's just an anecdote for your next dinner out with friends.
Regain and secure your possession of the unit.
Assess and DOCUMENT any damages.
Clean and fix as needed, advertise, re-rent.
Move on.
Whether you rent to a friend, a daughter of a friend, a cousin, or a stranger, your obligations as a landlord don't change. You write a lease, collect security, first, and last. Keep it business. BTW, if you're renting out your home, it is no longer "your home" - it is now investment property.
Go over there in person and have them sign a statement that they want you to use the deposit as last month's rent or to cover cleaning and damages. Take two copies -both of you sign both sets and give them one set. At least you'll have the deposit.
However, ask them for their new address because you have to send them a deposit refund statement. if you get that then send a statement to them certified mail in the time frame for your jurisdiction.If not, send it to their last know address (yes, I know it's the house they're moving out of) and when it is returned, keep it, unopened, with your file of that tenant's paperwork.
Document document document everything. Take photos of the property when they're gone. Frankly, I'd take photos of them packing up all those trucks too if it were me.
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14 day notice because the house is "haunted"!!??
