All Forum Posts by: Courtney Duong

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 In our lease it spells out not only their signs have to follow local laws for signs but they also have to get approval from me.  Last year one of the new tenant submitted their sign design and I made them change the color so that it would be uniform with the rest of the signs we have on our pylon.

@Gary Cornwell  @Ronald Rohde is a very good attorney that we use.  And he is out of Dallas too.

 Hi Jason,

I got your number.  Will call you tomorrow.  Thanks.

 Thanks Ashlee.  Really appreciate it!

Hi all,

I am looking for a good general contractor in the Houston/Spring/Woodlands/Cypress area.  I currently have one but he sucks so bad with schedule and timing it is very stressful sometimes.  So I am looking for a new one who is more reliable.  Please share if you know one.

Thanks.

@Kevin Sobilo Thanks for the input.  No, I haven't sued them yet.  Still don't know what is the next step which from you sounds like I need to take them to small claims court first.  So will look more into it.  Thanks.

I just read about this on NextDoor that this is on the news today.  Scary and sad.  

Links:  

Houston armed arsonist killed: Evicted tenant smokes out property manager and 2 others and shoots them to death, HPD says - ABC13 Houston

Evicted resident shot, killed after intentionally setting fire to multi-rental property home in SW Houston; 3 residents dead, police say (click2houston.com)

Hi all,

My previous tenants moved out 7/31 and I found out they smoked inside the house.  It cost me $4800 to get rid of the smell (replaced all blinds, painted the whole house, air duct cleaning) while their deposit was only $2300 so they still owe me $2500.  I kept asking for their forwarding address so I can send invoice to them (via certified mail) but of course they have been quiet.  At this point I am thinking of sending them to collection agencies (not counting on them paying, but at least so that they will get reported and it will show on their credit report) but I don't know how.  Has anyone done this before and what are the steps you need to do?

Any input is greatly appreciated.

Thank.

@Heidi Kenefick  .  I have been using Rentalhero.  I just saw Rentastic last night and just took a quick look and it seems to me it's very similar to Rentalhero (looks like Rentastice is more user friendly thank Rentalhero).  Both are for tracking income/expense and generate reports (P&L, cash flow, but not balance sheet) only, not for listing, screening, collecting rent.  Let us know what you end up with using.