All Forum Posts by: Lacey A.

It's a franchise that "plans, designs and constructs affordable cosmetic presale renovations that result in quicker, higher-priced home sale."

https://www.renovationsells.co... 

Considering becoming a franchisee to be a better REI and leverage my current skills as a workplace designer who occasionally does residential.

Have you heard or worked with Renovation Sells? What was your experience? 

Our tenant is allowing her 18-year-old niece to stay with them in the spare bedroom. I've met her when going over for repairs and the girl came across quiet, but helpful when asked. I want to invite our tenant to fill out an addendum to her lease to include the new occupant so we have it on record. Does anyone have such addendum? Any other questions/requirements I should ask? 

We lived in the SFH and replaced all of the original windows and sliding doors in October 2019 to improve energy efficiency. (They were 40+ yo) We moved out and converted the SFH into a rental in March 2021.

On our expenses, can we now claim depreciation of the cost of windows and doors? 

Is another option working with a collection agency? 

Surprise, surprise we sent the invoice via email notifying her we would take legal action. She responded and said "You can go ahead and proceed with small claims court. Thank you!" We really don't want to deal with going to small claims court, but we do want this to show up on her credit report so that none of you rent to her*! 

*when we bought the house it was tenant occupied. She would have Never qualified to be our tenant. Her lease expired 3mo after we bought the house. 

We had a tenant just vacate without leaving a forwarding address. They also didn't even attempt to clean and have exhausted their security deposit to the extent that they owe us money. They owe $2500 more than their security deposit. We have their email, and phone number. Clearly didn't leave on good terms, which is undesirable. :/ 

What would you do? 

A) Good riddance and cut your losses? 

B) Document and send them an invoice knowing it could go unpaid? 

C) Option B + take legal action? 

D) Other 

Hey, Y'all! Thanks for the comments. We learned a lot from this experience. 

Ultimately, we decided to show some grace and allow her to pay half on the 1st and the second half on the 15th. Since it was the last month on her lease we followed up with a Move-Out Checklist, giving her a heads up as to what we expected in terms of repairs and cleanliness. This is when her hostility started, telling us we were harassing her and implying she's a horrible tenant. Fun. When she vacated, she moved out all of her things, but didn't bother to clean anything. Silver-lining, she vacated two weeks early giving us enough time to clean, make repairs, and paint! 

Lesson Learned: Lead with the lease terms and show as much grace as we can. And maybe not buy an under-market tenant-occupied home without a tight knowledge of their history. 

Thanks again! 

They were in the home for 4 years, but we just purchased it a few months ago, holes and all! The house is in Killeen, Texas, near Fort Hood. 

Thanks for the pro tip on getting factory mixed paint! Absolutely taking that route! 

Scenario: Our tenant is a self-proclaimed interior decorator. She has used large nails to hang no less than 10 tchotchkes (I can't even call it art) on each and every wall in the house. Imagine the signs that say "Live, Laugh, Love" from Home Goods and a lemon-themed kitchen... 

Long story short, we have determined that we will have to repaint the whole house because of all of the holes and not being able to match the paint. (Seems like the original painter cut the paint.) In doing so, we are changing the paint to a more modern paint scheme (I am literally a professional designer). 

How would you go about charging the tenant for their damage "beyond reasonable wear and tear"? 

Charge them the full amount for the paint job? Itemized repairs per room? 

Inquiring for your thoughts! 

Background on the tenant: I have a tenant who was occupying the home when we bought it 2 months ago. The lease is up at the end of June. We had them “reapply” in terms of paperwork when we purchased it and they don’t meet our qualifications (3x income to rent, 650+ credit score, $ in the bank…). 

Scenario: They texted me at 2am saying “we have an emergency please call me”. I have a newborn, so when I see the message at 6am, I called. They picked up crying telling me there was a death in the family that they would have to buy plane tickets for and they weren’t sure if she’d make June rent, which is due in 10 days. The deceased is not an occupant. Seeing that it wasn’t a house related emergency, I sympathized and told them we would give them some space and check back in a few days. 

Next Steps: 

We have a pretty good idea how we will handle the situation. 
How would you handle this situation? How do we word our email follow up to keep things legal and kind? After all, we are listing and will need to show the home while they’re occupying it. 

Thanks in advance!