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Have you had a renter that deceased?
#4 Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions Contributor
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8 months ago a prospective tenant called me about a STR. After a 3 minute conversation he decided he wanted to stay there. He shows up 3 hours later in a taxi. It's apparent he has dementia. He is a 70 year old Vietnam vet with no wife, no kids, no brothers or sisters. I couldn't really tell him no. He'd have to take a 2.5 hour taxi ride back to where he called from.
The police called me last week about the guy. They wanted his phone number. A few days later I see an article in the paper about a deceased person they found by railroad tracks a few blocks away and were trying to identify the person.
Today I read an article. The person they were trying to identify was my tenant. The PD is trying to find relatives. I went to his place and I can't really describe what it's like to see a place that a person with dementia lived in. I found papers with phone numbers and gave them to the PD along with a statement.