All Forum Posts by: Michael W.

no I was the property manager. He was someone I could call if I couldn't make it to a property to check a breaker. More of a handy man. And he tiled the floors of the home he was buying. He took it upon himself to buy the tile and put it down. He didn't ask me and I didn't ask him to. I looked at it like when a Tennant installs a ceiling fan or a new bathroom faucet because they like that one better. It wasn't needed he just wanted to

the home is fully in my name. I have paid all property taxes and insurance that are also in my name. I told him I would transfer it after the agreed upon time. I do not have a lease for him but he did have me create one that he turned in to ssi but that was a rental lease not a purchase one. He never signed a purchase one . He has stated he was moving out but that was by word of mouth. He refused to put it in writing

Hey all I have a question,

I am fairly new to the landlord process but I have a few properties. and I started noticing I might need help with some of the repairs. I had a family member who was in a bad situation who offered to help me. but he lived in another state.

So what I did was to purchase him a home and made a agreement to sell it to him for what I paid for it and finance it myself.

we agreed on a extremely low payment for a set period and everything was fine he helped me when I couldn't go myself. or when I needed extra hands.

shortly after he moved in he started to remodel the home. he put in a new floor in the kitchen and re tiled the bathroom etc...

I didn't ask him to do any of these things. but didn't think anything about it as far as I was concerned it was his home.

I don't call wells fargo when I remodel why should he ask me.

we had always done the purchase via verbal agreement but about two years in he said he would prefer a contract.

I agreed but told him that he would have top pay for the attorney to write the agreement  < probably about $200.00 > so he hemmed and hawed and I got the contract made but he never signed it. I asked him several times but he always blew it off. I explained all we needed to do was to go to a notary but again nothing and he never brought it up again

yesterday he informed me he was moving out and he wanted to be paid for the work he did on the home and he grabbed a arbitrary number from the air of $4000.00 that he wanted now or the home would not be in good condition when he leaves. he suggested he would remove any improvements he did and the home would need a lot of work when he was done..

Now beyond the entire blackmail thing can he do that?

can a tenant < because that's how I am looking at him now> demand payment for work they decided to do on their own? I never approached him about tiling or doing anything like that. I did offer to help but again because he was buying the home.

and can he vandalize the home before he leaves and remove something that is firmly affixed to the home? tile lights heck the hvac for all I know