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All Forum Posts by: Enyi Ajoku

Enyi Ajoku has started 31 posts and replied 106 times.

Post: Financial Planner In Rochester NY

Enyi AjokuPosted
  • Rochester, NY
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 19

Hi Everyone,

Could anyone recommend a financial planner/accountant based in Rochester NY. An individual with property investments knowledge, city/state property and tax laws would be an added advantage 

 Thank You

The only place you can get a property in Henrietta or Pittsford for 80-100k would be a foreclosure and even at Pittsford that would be had to come by. Lets not forget you would also need to estimate between 20-40k for renovation/rehab. 

I just bought a range style property in Henrietta for 119k (4 bed 2 bath)  and i am estimating a max of 30k for renovation (kitchen, bathroom, living room, painting etc.) 

For me, i would take out a loan to buy MFHs use my cash to bring down my mortgage and let the house pay for itself and at the same get back my ROI

Post: Roofer Rochester NY Area?

Enyi AjokuPosted
  • Rochester, NY
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 19

Alkat Roofing

Post: New Tenants have unauthorized Pets

Enyi AjokuPosted
  • Rochester, NY
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 19
Originally posted by @Jenifer Kynor:

If there is an unauthorized pet in the future, your fees should be a lot more severe. For example, if there is an unauthorized pet, charge $100 upfront and $20 a day until the pet is removed. This will give the tenant incentive to quickly get the animal out of the house. 

Thank you for your feedback, on the other hand how do i track or confirm that the pet has left the property if i include a $20 a day fee for the duration of time the pet is in the property? I can't go into the property unannounced and if i give a notice which is 24hrs they would have enough time to take out any trace of a pet in the property.

Post: New Tenants have unauthorized Pets

Enyi AjokuPosted
  • Rochester, NY
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 19
Originally posted by @Ceril S.:

I think your lease needs to be a little tighter and you MUST plan to enforce it.  Tenants may read $35 and think - "that's not too bad, we can chance it for a little $35 fee"  You must charge them $35 every single time you see a pet there. 

We charge a fee of $500 to drive it home that we mean it!  We had one tenant who had "her mom's dog" for a weekend to dog sit and we settled on charging her a reduced Fee ($100) plus $30/mo to even have the right to have her mom's dog there occasionally (which turned out to be 1-2 days/month)  We also had her sign an additional pet addendum which is very strong about what can and can't be done (and when we can enter the apartment or call animal control)

Portion of our lease:

If an unauthorized pet is found on the premises a fee of $500 is due immediately for having an non-authorized animal on the premise at the time of occurrence or at landlords discretion. Any damage will be assessed separately and billed to the tenant in addition to the $500 fine.

If a pet has been on or allowed on the Property, even temporarily (with or without the Landlord's permission) Tenant may be charged for cleaning, de-fleaing, deodorizing, shampooing, or replacing any portion of the Property. 

 Thanks for sharing the pet portion of your lease. I will definitely take every feedback here into consideration

Post: New Tenants have unauthorized Pets

Enyi AjokuPosted
  • Rochester, NY
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 19

@Thomas S. i dont think i would want to be your tenant lol. But thank you for your straight to the point response

Post: New Tenants have unauthorized Pets

Enyi AjokuPosted
  • Rochester, NY
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 19

Thanks Everyone !!!

@Linda S. i like how you said pretty simple lol. But you know its as simple as it sounds. I want to use the best cordial means of resolving this but like you said the pet is not on the lease.

@Jason D. there are NO pets allowed on the property. We do a notified inspection 3 times a year and if we have any reason to believe with proof that there are or was pets. Then that fee comes in to play. 

Post: New Tenants have unauthorized Pets

Enyi AjokuPosted
  • Rochester, NY
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 19

I just recently renter my apartment to a lady (25) and fiancee (21) less than 2 weeks ago. In her signed rental application form she stated she didn't own a pet. on the rental application form states that your lease can be terminated if one falsifies any information.

Below is a section of my lease agreement regarding pet:

9. PETS:

There shall be no pets allowed on the rented premises. If it is discovered that pets are habited in the premises without informing the Landlord a $35.00 fee for dogs, $25.00 fee for cats and $25.00 fee for other pets per month will be assessed retroactive to the date commencing the Rental Agreement.

10. RIGHT OF TERMINATION AND RE-ENTRY:

In the event of any breach of payment of rent or any other allowed charge, or other breach to this lease, Landlord shall have full right to terminate this Lease in accordance with state law and re-enter and re-claim possession of the leased premises, in addition to such other remedies available to Landlord arising from said breach.

I already reached out to her and told her she needs to get the pets out of the property of which she replied that it was for a friend who was out of town for the weekend and the pet will be gone today.

What can i do if i find out there are still pets in the property.   

Thank You

Post: Rochester, NY February Meetup-this Wednesday 2/7

Enyi AjokuPosted
  • Rochester, NY
  • Posts 107
  • Votes 19

i'm going to make serious effort to attend