Repair Expense Due to Tenant Misuse
To charge or not to charge, that is the question...
I'm trying to be less empathetic when it comes to most business decisions. I also try to enforce the lease as letting things slide is a slippery slope. I wondered how many others have the same problem. When you have a great tenant who has always paid rent on time or early, has never had any complaints or issues, do you pass along repair expenses? Especially an expense over something silly they did on their part outside of normal wear and tear? Would it matter that you already knew this tenant won't be a long term tenant because they are actively looking to buy a home? This hundred dollars for instance wouldn't break you, but over time will add up, right? What are most people's perceived best practice in this case? First one should slide for a good tenants, and problem tenants enforced immediately?