All Forum Posts by: Kyle Coleman

I agree with Michael, but I also think it's extremely important to act as well. I got stuck in analysis paralysis before my first deal. I was so scared to get burned that I just sat on numbers for 2+ years. 

Hello all,

I have an issue with a property that has termite damage, it's under contract and had its 5-year inspection done less than 6 months ago.  The termite damage occurred about 7 feet up the wall; which is an outside facing wall.  The termite company said there was moisture (they did the moisture reading after they sprayed a whole can of foam, not sure if it matters) in the wall so it wasn't covered because there was no visible trace of termites on the soil outside (there is a brick privacy wall that butts up to the house).  I'm curious if this is something that I should try to fight them on, and if I should - which route should I take? 

The owner of the termite company came out personally and said they would not cover it. It's not a ton of damage, so it shouldn't be that costly to fix it - but what do I have a termite contract for that doesn't cover termite damage? The location that they are saying they came in, should have been a treatable location in my opinion.

Looking for opinions if anyone has had a similar issue.  No moisture was found in the attic, which is the closest spot to where they were found. 

Thanks!

Kyle

@Mark Allen I too would love to see an example.  Much appreciated!

 Great thanks Donna!

I just responded to the ticket.

 I'm starting to think cozy might be a better option. If I can't get this figured out come next rent cycle, I'll be switching. Pain in the butt to move everything into TenantCloud - and then for it to not work.

Hello All,

I'm trying to use TenantCloud to manage my properties, however; I've run into an issue with "moving in" a tenant (or group of tenants).

I've already created a ticket with the TenantCloud group, but they haven't responded in over a week. 

The problem that I am facing is when I go to move a tenant in, (I have the contacts already created), after going through the "lease" process, once I hit create lease at the end - it just saves as a draft and does nothing. I've tried everything imaginable to work through this.  The big issue is that it doesn't seem like I can accept payment through Dowalla without combining a tenant to a lease as far as TenantCloud is concerned.

Anyone have any tips, am I doing something wrong? 

This particular instance is a couple (man and wife) and a family member (niece).  The niece is going to the near-by college, and the husband is paying all of the rent. 

Additionally, if I were using tenantcloud - is there a way to run background checks on extra people on the lease without them "applying" for the property?

Hello BP,

I have a pretty simple question, do you guys require all persons over 18+ to be on the lease (I do), and do you run background / credit checks on all of them, or just the people or person paying rent?

Thanks!

Kyle

If you use tenantcloud, it automatically lists your properties to the following.

• Zillow
• Yahoo!
• RentBits
• Walkscore
• RentJungle
• Rentenna
• Zumper
• MapLiv
• RentMatch
• Trulia
• FrontDoor
• AOL Real Estate
• LiveLovely
• Enormo
• Oodle
• Military.com
• Facebook
• BackPage.com
• HotPads
• MSN Real Estate
• ByOwnerMLS
• Vast
• Trovit
• Geebo
• Yakaz
• MyNewPlace

I've just started using it, but I've got a lot of inquiries so far.  I also post on craigslist.

 It may have been, honestly its because I was nervous about having pets in the first rental I ever rented out.  I set it to something that I thought very few people would pay unless they were really keen on living there. I didnt really want to rent to animal owners, but I didnt think I should rule it out completely.  However, $25-35/mo per animal in my area is fairly common.  Just the fact that I was asking for it up front was a little different. 

I think i'm going to scrap renting to pet owners all together and not have to worry about it.