All Forum Posts by: Anna Sagatelova

Your reading of the lease clauses isn't exactly on point, you can't choose not to renew anymore, after you've signed a renewal, nor would a termination of the lease be a "change of terms." 

However, your lease of course should spell out that material violations of the lease may result in the immediate termination of the lease. I would send them a written warning (from you, not the HOA, though you can and should reference the multiple citations by the HOA) that serves as a notice to cure and then of course if the issue persists, another written notice of the lease being terminated.

If they don't comply with the termination, your only remedy will be to go through with a formal eviction process. Check with an attorney what the notice requirement is for that, as in most states it's different if you are evicting for any reason other than nonpayment of rent.

No, it isn't necessary. Read the lease and notify them in writing of any material changes like where and how to pay their rent.

Not specifically, but I know that because the individual southern coastal Oregon towns/communities are pretty small, there are management companies that focus on the southern coast as a region. I think your options will depend on what kind property you have, and/or how many. It's not uncommon for apartment communities to hire a live-in manager in those areas.

You might also consider reaching out to Portland realtors and seeing if they have connections on the coast. Lots of Portlanders have vacation rentals on the coast and have them professionally managed.

I'm sure there might be state-specific reasons as well, the way that property management is regulated likely differs a bit state-by-state.

Hi Kelly, what city?

 That's a real quick way to get yourself a Fair Housing claim, even if the tenant was lying to begin with. That's what "testers" do after all.

This is actually no longer true, thanks to HUD's immensely helpful memo on the matter that came out early this year. With COVID it got totally overshadowed. I encourage you to read it... and then I encourage you to mandate all your applicants fill out an app with petscreening.com. Whether they have a pet, an assistance or support animal, or no animals, there is an appropriate profile for them. With assistance animals (including ESAs), petscreening.com does all the vetting.

No, this is not a sponsored post, but we use this service and it's so nice to have this fact checking and compliance issue off our plates and in the hands of experts.

Our company's lease lists us as the landlord. It's never been an issue if there's a transition of management mid-lease. A property can also be sold mid-lease, even if it's the owner's name being used as LL.

You could agree on a flat fee with your tenants and charge it on top of the rent to offset your water/sewer expense. It won't be a perfect match, but you have to weigh the pros and cons of getting back every penny vs. the reliability of them paying to the PM with the rent.

Contact an eviction attorney. You need to deal with not only your former tenant but with your current squatters.