All Forum Posts by: Charley C.

I require a letter from a license mental health Provider or MD that saw this tenant in person and diagnose the medical need. anything short of what I just said I’ll decline

And exactly who is going to in force the need for a dog? I highly doubt a lawyer will tell them they got a case with out a legit diagnosis 

I too would like to hear more about good property management software.

 I can't say mine is the best for property management but I am using Quickbooks Enterprise mostly because I both build and manage apartments. Fixing to switch over to a software that better serves my apartment complexes that are no longer under construction. 

@Kristen NA

I asked that question to a lawyer every chance I got, the closest thing to an answer is : who was their with the health condition first? it sounds like the people with allergies where first with their condition. You should not of moved in to a home where people already had allergies.

Clearly, your need or desire for the dog/pet or what you are calling a service animal was triggered after the people with existing allergies where already living there...period, the game is over.  Looks like you would move if anyone has to move

You might wanna try a poodle or something that does not dander. Locking up a poor animal in a room is inhumane as well.

So your choices

1) move

2) try an hypoallergenic breed and hope it works

3) running off everybody else to have the place to yourself because of your new disclosed mental health condition is not an option 

Good luck   

@Anil Rathi you of coarse have to do what ever you legally have to do but don't let lawyers or government be the only thing that governs your actions. Would your life be the same if someone died there of carbon monoxide (even if it was only the tenant had something that created it)? I rest my case. You know what got to do regarding the detectors

I have never really got clear answers for lawyers regarding handicap. I have no doubt if they were suing me I would get very clear answers from the plaintiff but I don't think any single family falls under that handicap BS like multifamily

and get them to sign a lead base paint disclosure, search the TREC website see if they got one for free

the advice from the other guys that answered is solid advice as well. you got a legal question, you have to pay the piper, pay the attorney for advice 

I highly doubt she is getting attorney But whenever you can settle with anybody for any reason for such a small amount do it. 

From this point forward: when you do your written policy just make sure you’re not breaking any of the housing laws. Read what is written above me,  it’s all extremely good advice

With my apartments, I do pull credit on the only the person with the income but Usually don’t  with jobless dependents 

I do run a criminal background on everybody anybody staying their more than 2 weeks .. 

You might want to refund her the difference between the criminal background and credit compared to just a criminal report;  it might be $10 a person and you can pay her $20 .. And if it were the same price ? you owe her zero 

Does not sound like you’re a good fit to get real complicated and detailed on how you approve and deny people so keep it real simple. I would avoid conversations with her.  I would avoid long emails and you dictate the script As a final farewell 

@Ping W.  I am glad to see you are on the denying. 

Its the credit score/history of the one making the income, not the jobless occupants

Next time: Should say credit "history" stop only saying "score"  

best denial letter to write?

Reason for Denial:

1) credit history

and that's it, then move on

Spend your energy on marketing your rental and get that distraction out of the picture.  

@Ping W. do not be seduced by their money order and the fact its your only applicant today, its deal with the devil

Score is not everything but the history is, their history will repeat over and over.

If you got a decent place to rent, then politely say no and why

When you decline or accept a person for one reason, you have to apply that to all persons otherwise you may get sued in federal court when you later on turn down some else with even better credit. That alone is enough reason to just say no. 

Hope that helps. Good luck

@Kara Jordan  

Interestingly, these home inspectors are typically pretty good with identifying structural engineering issues and out of code wiring (GFCIs) or things that like to cause leaks. 

Now that GFCI plug might till be on a GFCI circuit and be with in code. A GFCI tester is cheap, buy one at home depot

 Get a price on return trips, you will likely need many if you want to get a home inspector.  

Good luck

I didn't suffer one bit during the pandemic so far. I already reduced the security deposit just little but now always get last months rent paid up front. I lost some potential renters but the ones I did get are gold

Can't agree more about increasing the cash reserves. Easy to say but can be hard to do. I try to keep about $4-5000 a door on  small apartments 

  

My experience with tenants smoking weed? the worse part is the actual smoke offending others. Make it legal and I then you can require they just chew gummies. That will be the end of other tenants being offended by the smoke.

Really no reason for it to be illegal, alcohol kills the internal organs and weed well... have you ever heard of someone O.D.ing on weed? I mean ever? 

A drunk tenant can be dangerous and violent, domestic abuse and gets loud.  

A stoned tenant goes and sits on the couch or lays down trying to figure out the remote of the TV. However, they will from time to time let the music get too loud. Simple text fixes that.