Investor · Milpitas, CA · Member since 2015 · 278 posts · 155 votes
8y
Originally posted by @Paul Sandhu:
Someone left a queen size bedframe with a pillow top mattress set.
A 5 gallon hot/cold water dispenser. A 3/4 inch socket set.
Propane tanks. Service cart. 5 lbs of boudin.
Used BMW suspension components ready to send back for the core ($60).
A bicycle. Small HDTV. Mudder tires with rims.
A Glock 23 (he called and came back for it weeks later).
Money.
But no, nothing that interesting since my cleaners just throw stuff out and I don't know anything much. How do people leave a queen size bed frame and a glock though, that's crazy.
Peoria, IL · Member since 2015 · 99 posts · 52 votes
8y
Paul's tenants stay for a longer time because they're workers who have a specific job to do. They probably bring more personal items because it's almost like they're moving in for awhile. Most vacation rental homes are just for leisure, so the guests don't bring many personal items with them. I've had people leave towels behind. Maybe some sand toys and food, but we just have our cleaners throw everything out, so like you, @Andrew Wong, I don't really know much about what's left behind either.
Fund Manager · Wayne, PA · Member since 2009 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
8y
Not exactly renters, but former owners of my friend's property left original sheet music from Mozart and Beethoven! The Mozart music was sold through Sotheby's for $1.7 million!
We had an event at the building last month, which used to be a seminary but has since been converted into a commercial apartment building. Probably the best story I've heard in that regard.
Investor · South Lake Tahoe, CA · Member since 2017 · 78 posts · 42 votes
8y
Although the housekeepers usually throw out minor items and take any food left behind home, guests regularly add new tastes to the spice cabinet, leave additions to the DVD collection and I have no idea where the outdoor lounge chair came from. As far as I know, no Glocks.
Carolina Beach, NC · Member since 2017 · 51 posts · 15 votes
8y
Police officer left his service pistol and called me in a panic when he was half an hour away, asking me to tell the cleaner not to touch it and that he was coming back.
Investor · Ogdensburg, WI · Member since 2016 · 273 posts · 351 votes
8y
The most valuable.. Would be A 1/2 carat diamond engagement band.. A close second was a large amount of weed.
The ring was found between the baseboard and wall of a newly purchased duplex. It was unoccupied.
The weed was found in the access door to the bath tub plumbing.. A few years earlier an outgoing tenant was honest enough to tell me they had forgotten where they hid there weed.. Fast forward a couple years...Bingo!