All Forum Posts by: Nat C.

@Wade Kulesa

I have never read or listened to Dave Ramsey but I’d suggest you change your mentor and start reading and listening to Robert Kiyosaki.

The man is all about using debt and he’s wildly successful and I think he’s been around half a century.

I believe it's a legal requirement that if you provide a facility/appliance you have an obligation to maintain it in working order. 

I would suggest that if you are not willing to repair something in a timely manner, then you should avoid providing it. For example, garbage disposals are unnecessary and break down constantly. Unless it's an A grade property, I would recommend not providing it. 

It's standard practice in the US to provide appliances, like washer and refrigerator. I would recommend providing the minimal acceptable; especially because many tenants don't respect and maintain the appliances. 

I choose to only provide inbuilt appliances and then discount the monthly rent and have the tenants provide their own appliances like fridge and washer/dryer. I'm the only person I've ever known who does this. I just don't want to have the hassle of repairing and replacing appliances constantly.  

Not the worst guests I've had but still memorable. Turned up and checked in, then said they'd prefer to stay at a place closer to the beach. They asked for a full refund and I declined. The following day they contacted Airbnb and said the police turned up and raided the house and said it was a drug house and they should leave for their own safety ASAP. No surprises, Airbnb refunded them in full, including the night they stayed. Their story was 100% fictional. I even called the police to check.  

I'm more intrigued to hear about the dead nurse! It's amazing you are perturbed by Miss Complain-alot, after you had someone die there recently.

Oh boy! I wish I had your kind of 'horror tenant'!!

I currently have a non-paying meth addict living in a property who is selling off everything he can rip out to pay for his addiction.

Someone requesting shelves be put in, calling you unchristianly and bitching online without even revealing your identity, should be water off a ducks back. Wait until you have been landlording for 10+ years and then come back and tell us what a true horror tenant is. 

@Allen Lopez

Don’t accept anything less than first, last and security. In my experience, students are higher risk tenants, so you definitely don’t want to reduce the amount you have in insurance.

Your lease should have a Severally and Jointly Liable clause. This means two or more persons are fully responsible equally for the liability.

All parties have joint liability, giving responsibility for the full amount of the obligation to each party. In this case, if one of the tenants dies or declares bankruptcy, the full amount of the obligation falls to the other party. As such, one or all of the parties can be sued for the full obligation.

@John Underwood

For sure, John. I can certainly ask! Being ‘virtually’ present is highly apt in the current times.

I have a friend going there with the police to try to retrieve my tool collection (around $2000 worth). I called the police and they said they would gladly hurl him out if I were present.

I have braced myself because I've been on BP for 7 years and I know the good folks here will be keen to tell you if you've made a mistake. It's also a mistake I have regrettably made before. I just can't stand seeing someone who needs housing and doing nothing to help them.

I am half considering leaving the guy in there rather than paying $2500 for an attorney (this is the amount I was quoted). The house will otherwise be vacant until I get back in a couple of months. It's a 50/50 on what is the greater risk; a vacant property or this wildcard guy. 

Unfortuanety, I'm not in SC and cannot get there for a couple of months. If I were physically there, I would probably throw this loser out with my own two hands. 

I thought every eviction application first required a notice to be served.