All Forum Posts by: R.J. Lange

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Post a delinquent rent notice, if 3 days in Ohio, as soon as the rent is late. THEN- 

If you feel he possibly just forgot or is out of town- a quick follow up text or email should get a response. 

No response after the 3 days, move toward an unlawful detainer. 

This usually will only happen once, maybe twice, then they will either communicate better or be forced out. 

1. Allow a dog- collect larger deposit or increase the rent for pet including a fee. 

2. Lower the rent- if all applicants are terrible and you are not getting much interest however your market is solid, then all the good tenants are finding more fairly priced rentals. 

If it is a licensed and bonded contractor and they are paying for the work. Go for it. I would make sure to approve the choice in tiles and scope of work done in total before saying yea go ahead. 

Best advice on this from my experience. 

Do not ever host an open house for a rental- or tell other prospective tenants there are other viewings around the time they would like to schedule for a viewing. It has been a failure for me every time. 

1 of 5 people you tell this will be an open house will show. 

Advertise move in ready, and schedule for their personal individual viewings as you receive interest. If you need to rent it quick, offer possible early occupancy incentives if the applicant you choose is too far out on their move in date. 

Also, have a plan for an online application and rental application fee collection- its common and best practice.

 This will be in our future protocol. Genius

Very true, the city sees the dumping as the property owners responsibility as they removed the belongings to the street, and I see your point. 

Thank you. 

Here's the situation- in Washington State- we have an unlawful detainer (eviction) for a tenant and the county Sheriff has forcefully evicted the tenant 10 days ago. 

Currently we have a large pile of personal property removed to 'the nearest public area' being the parking area of the street in front of the house. This decision was made based on the 2 options available in this situation- Either store 30 days with notice to evicted tenant and dispose or remove to the nearest public area. We did not want to store the property as there was a lot of it or lock it in the home as we want to turn the property and start repairs/cleaning immediately. 

So now we have the City Code Enforcement officer stating it is a misdemeanor for illegal dumping to the street. We would have it disposed if this were an option and the City has declined the ability to pick up at our request, Goodwill and VA both have declined interest.

Any thoughts? 

Currently the owners are moving the property from the street to the yard to avoid a misdemeanor issue and will be receiving a courtesy compliance notice for unsightly household items on the property. Reached out to the tenant to attempt to gain, in writing, for the authorization to dispose of the personal property. 

This can only be possible without a professional property management company as it is not advised to allow tenants to complete or choose repairs or remodels.

One issue we have found is an expectation for some compensation if the relationship goes awry. 

For Washington, if on a month to month agreement, also note if on a month to month the landlord may not terminate a tenancy without 'just cause'- I can send you more info on this if you are unfamiliar. A rent increase notice would look similar to- 

60-Day Notice of Rent Increase

Please review the information below with details of the future rent increase.
Rent Auto Payments:

• If you are on auto-payment through your portal and selected the "pay balance in full" option, your payment will automatically adjust to this increase on the effective date.
• If you setup your auto-payment to be a specific & set amount, you will have to manually adjust the amount to match the new rent charge on the effective date.

Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you,

_____________________

Rent Increase Details:
Effective

 your monthly rent, which is currently $

and payable on or before the first (1st) day of each month, will be increased to $

Unless otherwise noted on this notice, all other terms of your tenancy and lease shall remain in full force and effect.