Rental Property Investor · Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2017 · 2k+ posts · 5k+ votes
6y
I'm assuming that this alcoholism started after you rented to them. Usually, the pre-rental medical screening tests that you put your prospective tenants through would have caught this and any other undesirable diseases they might have.
I install Interlock devices on all the locks on my units. That way if the tenant comes home drunk the device won't let them in until they sober up. It's trickier if they drink in the unit. Those people I suspect of drinking in the unit I do the surprise landlord unit check and require them to pee in a cup for testing.
Rental Property Investor · Springfield MO · Member since 2019 · 21 posts · 9 votes
6y
@Jeremy A.
Listen Bud, you ask offense questions, forget these people are actually human beings just like you, fail to value them, like you expect to be valued, think you are better than them because you are the owner/they are the tenant—not only is this the wrong site for you, this might be the wrong business. You have done at least one stupid/inconsiderate/negligent thing in your life. Remember that thing? Should the rest of the world hold that over your head?? Your perspective is what is self-righteous and ultimately self-serving. Fix yourself, before you wreck yourself.
If they’re truly an alcoholic and you meet them in person you should be able to tell, maybe meet them twice to make sure they weren’t just having a good day the first time.
But also there’s a HUGE difference between a 21 year old getting drunk and an alcoholic, plenty of people get drunk and most of us got drunk more frequently around 21 that doesn’t make them alcoholics.
Sounds like the actual problem is his age, he’s young, he’s going to have fun so maybe when screening try to avoid people under 25, other then that there’s not much you can do.
Call the Police to help out on every tour to screen the tenant for alcohol.
Every night you call the police to follow you to all your tenants' house to screen for alcohol and if they are drunk while livingon your property, you can just start the eviction process right there and then. You have the police with you after all!
Call the Police to help out on every tour to screen the tenant for alcohol.
Every night you call the police to follow you to all your tenants' house to screen for alcohol and if they are drunk while livingon your property, you can just start the eviction process right there and then. You have the police with you after all!
Sorry guys I had to do it lol :)
This had me laughing. Lol!
Honestly, if 1 person laughed my job is done lol. We have to fun too, right?!! 🤗