PM charges monthly fees even after property is sold!!!

[Don Thornton]

Hi,

I hired a PM company here in Las Vegas and I decided to sell my property because the tenants left it in a mess. The PM continued to charge me monthly fees while I fixed up the property. He told me I signed up for 1-year term and I have to pay. The tenants left the place with pee smell and broken window and we spent over $15000 fixing the place up removing floors and repainting the whole place, a brand new dishwasher used 5 months was thrown away. PM took the safety deposit which I never got to see and he changed me monthly PM fees. He also hired a landscape guy who charged me $180 which he didn't tell me about. He said it's because any sum under $250 I don't need to know about. Now after 3 months the valve leaked again. The person who fixed the landscape doesn't have a company name. It's just some guy and the invoice is his name and a phone number. Another property the tenant destroyed the garage door by putting epoxy on it. When they left he told me I didn't pay $700 for new panels. I got another company to fix for $200. He told me to refund ALL the rental's deposit to them. Anyone of you has had these problems? How do I get out of paying this PM monthly fee if I haven't been happy with them and now I don't have any tenants? 

[Guifre Mora]

Originally posted by @Don Thornton:

Hi,

I hired a PM company here in Las Vegas and I decided to sell my property because the tenants left it in a mess. The PM continued to charge me monthly fees while I fixed up the property. He told me I signed up for 1-year term and I have to pay. The tenants left the place with pee smell and broken window and we spent over $15000 fixing the place up removing floors and repainting the whole place, a brand new dishwasher used 5 months was thrown away. PM took the safety deposit which I never got to see and he changed me monthly PM fees. He also hired a landscape guy who charged me $180 which he didn't tell me about. He said it's because any sum under $250 I don't need to know about. Now after 3 months the valve leaked again. The person who fixed the landscape doesn't have a company name. It's just some guy and the invoice is his name and a phone number. Another property the tenant destroyed the garage door by putting epoxy on it. When they left he told me I didn't pay $700 for new panels. I got another company to fix for $200. He told me to refund ALL the rental's deposit to them. Anyone of you has had these problems? How do I get out of paying this PM monthly fee if I haven't been happy with them and now I don't have any tenants? 

I'm sorry this happened to you it sucks but your post is bit too much venting really doesn't help much. Are you talking about 2 properties under the same PM? both vacant?

• You may have a contractual issue first and a sketchy PM.  
  
• Review your contract. Have they been negligent? Have they breached the contract?
• Consult a RE lawyer. 
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  Good luck