All Forum Posts by: Daria B.

 Have you ever been in a situation where the entire sec dep was claimed due to damages - all documentation in place like photos (pre-move in, move out) and sign off sheets by tenants, etc.

Did the tenant disputes and what was the outcome?

Thanks

@John E Ceisel

I'm in Florida and it's statues I'm looking over and getting the PM involved to get an answer that you raised - i wanted to know as well.

With your CA statues does it say anything about the tenants being present? For the legal right, that would be an attorney question.

I'm looking for the same thing. I see it as, if they are present then they can't dispute the condition clearly when all are present. I don't self manage but had to take pictures after a move out because the outgoing PM person was ill equipted for the job - he was just overwhelmed. The person that is back to over see these things has always been on top of any issues.

Good luck!

@Arianne L. there are a few flippers doing some work in this area. I know of one family doing this now that are part of my Note group. It's something that I would like to get into for the experience. There are a few investor-centric realtors in the area as well.

There are plenty of us here including Ocala FL. What are you looking to do?

@Gregory Cummings

Forgot to mention mine was built 2005. Major systems in tact and working good.

I don't think it's not unlike (to much) that of a slab (stick built) home. I think differences come into play when it's a mobile home, which require different types of code enforcing and may rent a little less. Also, insurance may differ for mobile in coverage and what is required (learned from my REI workshop). These are what I encounter in my market. The insurance I have isn't any different than SFR slab. I spoke to my agent prior to buying to find out if I would encounter any differences.

I have one as a rental and get very good rent as compared to SFR. I just finished getting it ready to rent again. I bought as an investment.

Hope this helps.

  I'm not sure if it's a lesson learned because everything that you mentioned was done.  Pictures were taken, twice, and documentation they had to sign off on. These were just nasty people and didn't care. I actually have property management who have a very thorough lease. Their screening - I questioned - I had a different option on some of the decisions made based on their screening as to what was acceptable - we have to be very careful not to go against laws when declining prospects - I've since fired them for other reasons and have another PM. I'll be adding an addemdum for things that were unrelated to light bulbs as coverage. The lightbulbs was just something that I have never encountered in my years of owning rentals. I thought on this to make sure I wasn't thinking, "hummm is that petty or reasonable".

 And there is plenty of documentation written and photos with them signing off on - but it still didn't matter because this family broke several things and left the property in the condition that it's not just a matter of lite clean up - other things I won't mention that are excessive.

 We do the same thing here and I think most states seem to have similar rules from what I have read.

The bulbs were just something I have never encountered and it seemed that for cost of buying almost an entire house worth, there should be something from them (ie security deposit) due to it being handed over "with" bulbs.

I will have some more of these specific items added as an addendum to the lease.

 The lease is very clear and after this move out I am adding more after a couple of things that were done.

Oh yes I have receipts and so many before pictures time dated that there is no way to dispute. They also signed a move in inspection - checklist.