All Forum Posts by: Henry T.

If your property went up in value, overvalued, more than surrounding properties, you should contact your tax assessor and get the forms to  file an appeal. If you have no experience, you can probably hire someone to do it for you. 

I sold a house two years ago. Similar thing. Home Inspector says deck is not up to code. Today requires lag bolts, whereas 100 years ago it was 20D nailed. Of course, the house is priced accordingly take it or leave it.  Your guys' agent should have slapped him around a little and nicely informed him that he's nuts.

Here I am. No fun Henry :)    Actually eviction is illegal in Seattle during the winter months. Also illegal for the entire school year, if the tenant has kids in school.  This is the west coast mindset. From my perspective this is the end of mom and pop rentals. Only large corporations can withstand this kind of risk. I personally would have no problem evicting during the winter. A service is provided, you must pay for it, period. Start sending the proper notice allowed by law. Be firm and follow the law, don't let her fall further behind.  There's only one person that I would allow rent free, and that's my mom.

 You'd be amazed at what a toy truck can do. They don't care and they'll say its your fault putting their child in danger.

If the purpose is to avoid probate, then everything should be in the trust. Bank accounts, stocks, all assets. Anything that isn't will be pita for any heirs or trustee to deal with, which is why there is usually a backup will with any estate planning. Forget the LLC. My 2 cents.

Make sure you call an "eviction" attorney, not just any old attorney(big mistake). Call a bunch of them and ask them to take you thru their fee structure. Don't even think about trying this yourself.

It's a fair proposal, but I would have headed that off quickly and said no in the first place. They're nothing but problems. 

You could try something like this....

Dear Tenant,  Since we are now on month-month terms there will be an upcoming change to the lease. This property will be changing to a shared property. What that means is you can stay in your residence and I will be taking over the garage (the property will be split at x point??) for my personal use and upcoming reconstruction. Though a rent increase is over due, due to this change we are willing to leave the rental rate the same for the present time. Thank you for understanding, and we very much appreciate your tenancy.

For property security reasons, please send me a photo ID and your number, I'll be happy to call you and set up an appointment after I talk to you and go over a few pre-screen questions.

Ignore him.