All Forum Posts by: Kim Meredith Hampton

I am not familiar with the tenant laws in California, but typically you would file a 3 day notice to pay rent, excluding weekends and holidays, then you could file an eviction for non payment of rent. Best to call an attorney in California that specializes in landlord/tenant matters

Dont you just love the government telling you what to do with your rental property??!!!! How about they turn it around the other way and say that you could get some sort of tax rebate or deduction if you put your rental property on the market within the next thirty days??

I now watermark all of my photos, and I dont advertise on Craigslist, but they (the crooks) still seem to get them regardless

Please be very careful with this one. I have seen the incarcerated person return and ask where their belongings were and that were paid up and you had no right to change the locks etc...

I always ask "all parties" to sign off that they have vacated just for this exact reason. I also make a copy of their drivers license with each rental application so that I know who is who, and we dont have this guessing game. Just a CYA all the time!!!

I know this is all after the fact. If everything was paid up, property left in good condition and you were immediately able to re-rent. I would send the deposit back to their last known address

Alex, I was just going to say the same thing. Buildium or RentManager sounds like it would be a better fit for you as you grow. I have used AppFolio since 2009 and love the program, but I have just under 1000 properties in my portfolio, so it makes sense. I think it all depends on where you want to go with your growthj

Letting people know up front that you are accepting applications, and will accept the best qualified application, and put a deadline on accepting them. If you get down to two or three that you like, contact all three of them and let them make their best and final offer. Sometimes you can get a higher price with a great qualified applicant y using this process.

Everything needs to be transparent and outlined in your resident selection criteria to avoid any fair housing issues.

agree with @timsabo

In these circumstances, it is better to work with them and allow them to move. Most judges in a court of law (should it get to that point) will side with the tenant because of the circumstances. Better to cut bait and move on!! You will create bad will and cause yourself more headaches and work that you ever wanted to deal with.

You have thirty days from the date of vacating to make a claim on security deposit, and by your letter and her correspondence, I would imagine that your thirty day notice should start on October 22nd.

The claim on security deposit needs to be sent via certified mail to the last known address. If she did not provide her forwarding address, it would be the address of your property that she lived in. As of today, you can not send this notification of claim via text. We are hopeful that in the future this would be a means of communication for legal notices.

You can charge her for any damages beyond normal wear and tear. It sounds like the paint was relatively good, but any repairs that needed to be made beyond normal wear and tear could be assessed to her. Any rent owed until you release the property could also be assessed. Please look over your lease agreement and look at what it states with regard to move out charges.

Hope this helpsHere is a video on normal wear and tear that may be helpful to you

There is also HomeAdvisor.com and AngiesList

Hope that helps