Do Your Tenants Try to Revise Their Lease After It's Signed?
Why do tenants try to just do what they want even if it's forbidden by the lease they signed and which they should read once in a while? Actually it's kind of entertaining because they have signed so many leases they get confused about the terms they agreed to in mine. Recently a woman complained about how she hurt her shoulder moving a couch out of the garage when (she thought) it would have been OK to leave it there. Of course she blamed me. I referred her to the lease para which strictly forbids any furniture being stored in garage. (That's the beginning of a hoard.) Another tenant put mattresses in the garage that a few of her many relatives died in. I was so glad when they moved out. "I'm not a hoarder!" I've heard it a few times. When they yell this, they probably are. One tenant said I "used up" my 4 visits for the year. She spent about an hour looking for that in her lease with me. I would never put that in a lease. It's my property and I can visit (with 24 hour notice) any time. Actually I don't like to visit. Every rented property ends up looking like a tornado blew through. They swear they don't have much stuff, but what is the purpose of a collection of 8 (ugly) couches? Remember the ugly couch website? How about 6 big jars of peanut butter? Guess I found out what her kids eat ... They refuse to keep trash cans in garage, because they tried it and it stunk. I bit my tongue about how their dog poop was most certainly the reason ... as well as the flies ... I need to stop renting to dog owners. Never allowed cats. Especially if the property has /had a nice lawn.