BiggerPockets

Relative newbie to Landlording 101 (just over 2 years)

What is the WORST (stupid, funny, challenged etc) request a tenant has made to you? It can be written or verbal

I'll go first, I expect you more experienced landlords to have some excellent ones :D

"Will you sign this document that says my boyfriend has lived here for the last 6 months so he can collect taxpayer dollars for degenerates?" (OK, I'm taking creative liberty on this quote)

me: "No, he isn't on the lease and no one told me he was living here, by the way, have him fill out this application."
fast forward 2 weeks, I get a letter from DSS saying that he lives there and I need to do this and that so he can get taxpayer dollars. I say, he isn't on any lease of mine. DSS: Well, we have it right here in front of us... that's right they forged a new lease and sent the sucker in!

"I know the rent was due on the 5th, and it is now the 18th, would you mind waiting until next week to cash that check?"

"Our hallway window is broken, can you come fix it"
A new Double hung vinyl window looked like a brick was thrown through it. After I got there to "fix" it I reply "Fix it? Why didn't you say REPLACE it on the phone? I'll have to schedule this with my contractor"

OK OK, that is all for me.
Give it a go, it feels GOOD :D

"You need to come and sweep and clean my basement, it's dirty down there." (Dirt basement)

I get requests all the time to add/remove people from leases to better scam the rent agencies.

"We'll renew our lease if you replace the furnace, our gas bills are too high. "

lol jon, that's hilarious..you have to watch that "spontaneous mold" it's a new breed that only pops up in rentals right when the lease is about to expire, or there's a repair that the landlord denies :D :D

Once had a tenant ask to build a deck.

But, the stupidest question..."How do I get gas for my furnace"

Me..."gas for your furnace, not sure I understand?"

Tenant.."my coworker says our furnace runs on gas."

Me..."Yes it does. It runs on Natural Gas"

Tenant.."Yeah that is it. Where do I get that"

Me...want to say "you are to dumb to rent, get out"...but simply tell her "just pay your MLGW bill"

Tenant.."O crap"

i just got a request...well more like a mandate, from the city....code inspector walked the apartment and found a few minor things..no biggie...the thing that pissed me off was he said the bathroom sink was filthy and i had to clean it...i said, if i have to start cleaning my tenants' sinks, they'll be getting 30 day notices...since when is it a landlord's responsibility to clean up after a tenant?!

An old LL I knew once told me to always leave a couple of serious-looking but easily-fixed problems for the city inspector to find.

Ain't it sad to have to play these games?.....

I was told I need to remove all cobwebs in basement for a C of O.

Also while not the tenants the city told me I need to evicit my tenant and board up the house for 3 months because they suspected she was selling drugs. This is my problem how?

Landlord: How many people will be living in the house.

Prospect tenant: Just me and my girlfriend.

Landlord: Noone else, children?

Prospect tenant: No children at all...but we do have 4 pitbulls.

Landlord: 4 pitbulls?

Prospect tenant: Well not actually 4 pitbulls, one is a rottweiler mixed.

This is from a buddy of mine renting his 3/2 for the first time.

It's a violation of fair housing to ask about children. You can only ask for the total number of adults and/or occupants. Unless your friend meets certain guidelines found at www.hud.gov

Man that takes the cake. Should have told him go 5 miles east of the nearest walmart,turn left,go down 5 blocks,stop,get out of car,dig a hole 2 feet deep and if you find natty gas congrats if not I just made you a fool :mrgreen: