Inherited tenants moving out

[Lee Gierszewski]

I recently purchased a duplex property. I notified the existing tenants that rents would be going up do to them being grossly under priced. Both tenants had leases thru Aug 31st. Both tenants gave notice they were moving out. The lower unit tenant was completely out by Aug 12th. We let them know their full deposit would be given the day of the final walk thru. This seemed to motivate lower unit tenant. His departure went smooth & I was able to rehab & get lower unit rent ready & have it rented Sept 1. The upper tenant has been somewhat of a pain. They were asking to leave some things there until their house is ready to move in to. They asked if I would want to buy the portable dishwasher they had. They began taking up both off street parking spots even though they knew i was using one to haul in supplies to fix up the lower unit. Anyway, they decided to pack everything up and have their final walk thru yesterday. Everything went ok. Then last night i noticed something odd. All the flowers that were planted in the front yard were gone. I thought they were kinda petty when they took all the light bulbs out of the unit, but taking the planted flowers as well, that took it to a new level for me. Later that night I was throwing out some garbage, opened up the bin, and low and behold, there were all the flowers laying in the garbage! hahahaha. So apparently, just for spite they dug up the flowers, and chucked em in the garbage. hahahahaha. So, just for fun I grabbed a couple of them and replanted them so when they drive by (and you know they will) they can see their flowers in all their blooming glory!