All Forum Posts by: Meng W.

Hi everyone,

Wonder if you can help me out here. Ny tenant who rented a floor in my housw for 6 years now. Her lease has been up for 4 years and i am not planning to renew it in any means. Her monthly rent payment is always on the 15th but i allow her to have one more week ( until 22nd) to give me the rent. Last month she gave her rent in on the 23rd at 10pm. This month she only gave me her regular rent payment without thw late fee. Do i deduct it from her security deposit before she move? Keep in mind i have recorded and kept copies of everything she gave me and qhat i gave her including a reminder that she was late and late fee will apply to next month rent. 

Also since i have been raising her monthly rent every year, does the security deposit initally stays the same or do i ask the tenant to give me extra to balance the new rent payment ? 

@Jon Magnusson

 Thank you. I would also think they would be still following the lease regulations despite the lease being expired long time ago. I have been writing letters, used a notary (free) to notarized my letter and made copies for myself in case I bring her to court. I have also been recording and taking pictures of the teenage kids smoking weed. I don't know what the  boundaries are to invading their privacy however this is actually a health hazardous issue and a disturbance in my sleep. At some point I will just have to call the police and show them the pictures and videos of them smoking and talking so loud after 12am or what I will do is ring their bell at the same time that they woke me up and wake the ENTIRE family up. What do you guys think I should do?

@Michael Noto

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@Jennifer Bayhi Gennaro

 I am not planning to renew their lease because I would like to increase their rent every year by 10%. I am really trying to get them out without having to use legal action because it will cost me money. So that's why I want to increase their rent more and more every year. I know I was told to set a new lease for them however I have a very good feeling that these tenants will not be obeying them. Not only that but I am pretty sure they would want me to add additional things in their interest which I am 100% will not agree to. It's a lot of convoluted stuff going on between my tenant and me.

I just wonder if I can refer the rules and regulations that were initially mentioned and written on the 1st lease even though their lease expired more than four years ago?

@Matthew Paul

 police here in NYC takes 30mins to come here so by the time called my tenants are already done smoking weed. 

@Matthew Paulyes I am the landlord

@Bob H.

 thanks Bob, we told them they can paint as long they inform us the color first. They never did and went ahead and chose a bright dark color. Nothing was written and nothing was verbally compromised

@Jennifer Bayhi Gennaro unfortunately their lease is outdated since 7 years ago and I'm not planning to renew it with them. However the lease that they started off with once they moved explicitly states no smoking or lound disturbances. Will I be able to refer the rules of the house from the old lease to the tenant?

Hi BP,

I wonder if there are any guidelines or rules for the landlord when kicking tenants' friends out. for instance i have a tenant whose mother is extremely irresponsible for her children who are over 18 years old. Every night the kids invite their friends over to talk on the terrace and smoke weed. Am i allowed to kick their friends out even though the tenant allow them to stay? Keep in mind these kids are smoking weed and talking after 12am every night (waking me up). Does anyone know the rules to smoking weed in general also? I know when a person gets caught he or she is issued a fine nothing more.

Hi BP,

I am having a problem qith a tenant whose lease expired 8 years ago and i can't evict her in a legal perspective because of financial. My tenant wanted her apt painted after two years. We did the painting ( ehere she perferred) then after 2 weeks later she wanted the bathroom repainted. My question is can the landlord be only responsible for one visit to paint where ever the tenant want rather than the second trip.

I forgot to mention that within that 8 years i found out that the tenant painted their bedrooms orange, pink and blue. Do i take the cost of paint from their security deposit before they move?