All Forum Posts by: Cathy Frankel

@ Carlos, I totally understand and agree, however I live out of state. Hazard of owning out of state I guess. And someone needs to be present in order for professionals to enter the premisses.

@ Eric Schafer, the A/C 'repair' was just a through cleaning, but they had to put special chemicals because of the dog hair and grime.

I did, I turned in in about 5 days. Drove to AZ and did all the repairs, shows, apps, screenings, and deal quickly. I'm out 2k though. Not including travel expenses, but I'm not too worried about that, It'll come off at the end of the year. My husband and I were talking about it and he agreed that it might be easier to send it to debt collectors. . . Do debt collectors report to credit beaureaus?

Ya, I did send an itemized invoice with actual costs, not estimates. I sent it after all the repairs were completed and I had actual numbers to list. I am charging for repainting the walls that were awefully dirty (no way to just wipe them down), changing out broken shades, repairing holes (which includes repainting them) changing out door handles with new keys, broken fixtures, cleaning, labor & supplies, and the major repair was the A/C.She had two dogs that just left hair in just about every crevice. I charged a 250 non refundable pet deposit and that wasn't even enough to cover the hair clogged A/C which put me at almost 800! Her deposit didn't even cover that. I figured that the A/C maintenance is my responsibility since I own my units, so I tried multiple times to have someone call andschedule a time to service the unit. But she always had some excuse as to why she couldn't let someone in. And she neglected the care of it. So when it came time to do the repairs, I added it on, since she never did it and the tech told me I was lucky it was still working. 

I was thinking about sueing her and asking for a judgement for wage garnishment. But I was wondering if there is another way? Can I just turn it over to debt collections and pay to have it on her credit report, or will the debt collectors put it on her credit report? After she laughed at me, I looked up the AZ laws on landlord tennants. According to that I have fulfilled all my lawful obligations, but it doesn't say much about recovering remedies. :0( 

I have a tenant who just moved out. I did a walk thru inspection with them but it was brief because she was on a break from work. I told her it looked alright except for a few things but I would send her the final statement as soon as I could. After she left I realized that the damages were more than I expected. She neglected the A/C unit completely even after my repeated attempts to have a professional contact her to schedule service. The costs for overall repairs equaled to almost four times her deposit. In our rental lease agreement she agreed to pay for the damages owed when she moved out if they were greater than the deposit. Now, though, she is saying that we owe her her deposit and that she doesn't plan on paying the detailed invoice I sent her. How can I recover my expenses from her??

How do you start a buyer's list? I'm new to this and I think I might have a perfect opportunity to wholesale my first deal. I am concerned that after I get this property under contract I might not be able to find a buyer because I don't know anyone yet.