All Forum Posts by: Michael Julian

You don't get it, do you? It's section 8. I am already paying part of the bill.

Inspector Gadget? I like that... @Shanequa J. Here's the deal. I just finished preparing my taxes and I am disgusted at how much my government is in my pocket, so I don't deal with section 8 housing, but if you are going to, you have a responsibility to serve not only your tenant, but your other customer, the taxpayer, in other words, me and every other business owner out there. If it is over your head, fine, don't do it, but if you take the Section 8 money, suck it up, do your job, and protect my interests too.

You have a responsibility to the taxpayers, (all of us) to follow up on this issue. If he is living there, they are fraudulently accepting taxpayer money. Keep us posted on how this turns out! 

Anyone here is one accusation away from having a search warrant served on their property. I would wait for a conviction or a plea before taking action.

Let me start by saying that I hate having a unit sit vacant, and I will ask the current resident if I can show the unit while they are there. So far, I have been lucky to have tenants that were willing to let me do so.

The only time I pressed the issue was when a tenant wanted to break the lease, and I made it a condition of letting them out of their current lease. Otherwise, If they don't feel comfortable with me showing their unit with them still there, I won't do it. One time, the current resident showed it for me while I was out of town and landed me a new tenant. That was pretty cool!

 That's exactly what I was thinking. I rarely have this come up, but have taken cash before for a deposit and a rare rent payment, (was at the unit making repairs and she had it in cash). I can see the video's point, and I would not want to go door to door every month advertising I was collecting cash rent payments, but I wouldn't lose 5 C notes in my car either and am not afraid of carrying cash.

Dirty paper is just as easy to deposit as a check, and I know it is good, (unlike a check), so there is that....

Interesting video, but can you legally turn away a cash payment?

 In Tennessee, the late fee cannot exceed 10% of the monthly rent, so that's my cap..

Good to know! I will check that out. If you change your mind and want to sell your Nashville property, let me know ;)