All Forum Posts by: Stone Teran

Try to get a conviction for the tire slashing because of the witness but I'd give the rest of it up unless she has a steady job you can garnish from.

That has benefits but most people never get through the loading phase.  You grow faster when you borrow and use other people's money.

Wendy, you need to make a few decisions and then ask a more concise question.

That said, you don't have to disclose to a new renter it was a grow-op. 

Using the last dollar to purchase real estate is often a bad idea because running real estate without money is a bad idea.

 I completely disagree!

For the higher end tenants, it can be worthwhile to pursue in court but for most tenants it is not.  I'd be a rich man if I would have pursued all the debts owed to me and collected.  The "and collected" part is the key issue here.  You can't squeeze blood from a turnip.

I have a tenant cut the grass.  This guy lived there 2 years already so I knew he was responsible when we agreed for him to cut in exchange for a little off the rent.  I left my mower and he does a great job.  He pays for the gas and I do any mower maintenance.

It's binding.

Unpaid rent comes out of security deposit.  You don't file an eviction for it.

 Which is <25%.

The new landlord probably has an incentive to lie and MIGHT be willing to lie.  But that part is irrelevant.  If both are telling the truth, do you really want that tenant?  There's at least a 50% chance he will be horrible.