All Forum Posts by: Jennifer Hudgins

When I say they are responsible for the yard I mean the Tennants.

I couldn’t agree more. I fired them last month but I ended up paying the 250 for the early termination. I just wanted to be done. The only silver lining to all the charges is that the handwritten receipts can be a tax write off. I was going through the mountain of them this week and discovered charges for 115 dollars to mow a tiny yard! Well it’s in the lease that they are responsible for the yard. It’s robbery!! I now have a handyman, not a broker making deposits for me and doing emergency plumbing and such. Anything else he calls me with a quote. We will see how this goes. I’m crossing my fingers for February.

Thanks that’s very helpful!

Thanks that’s very helpful. I’ve also noted some dishonesty in that they are saying the Tennants are finding living conditions substandard and “ uninhabitable “. I’m a nurse by trade and have compassion for all people so this really bothered me. I began interviewing my Tennants and doing some investigation. The opposite was true. They are pushing for more Maintenance and repair on purpose so they can keep more of the rent money. They have a fancy website but handwritten receipts that are not specific at all. The agreement says they can spend $500 without contacting me. But I saw in the statement a plumbing bill for 750 which I was not aware of. The latest thing is that I have a leaking roof with some interior water damage and they want us to go with their construction company and spend $15,000. That’s half of what I paid for the house. I think I’m gonna go there and talk with some local people and find someone that is not a broker. It’s about 2.5 hrs away 

There was also a 750 dollar plumber bill that was not authorized by me. 

They have monthly statements that have questionable fees here and there for “ maintenance and repair” but it does not specify what the rapair was and it’s handwritten on a paper receipt for 35-50 dollars. They have their own contractors that work for them but their rates are unreasonable. So I shopped around for someone much cheaper and they are now saying they want to terminate the contract that we have. This town where I have 4 buildings one six unit, and three duplexes is about 2.5 hrs away from me. I think I can handle it myself to manage.

I seem to be spending lots more than I want to on my properties since I starting using a property manager. Anyone else have this problem?