All Forum Posts by: Tamara Laycox

Hi friends! 👋 would love some direction…Other than the ORC (Ohio Revised Code) where could I go to really learn landlord tenant laws and requirements for Ohio inside and out?

*also wondering ohio landlord recourse b/c of the following scenario:

2 Tenants (friends...but now no longer friends) on a year lease. They move out and surrender keys 6 months earlier than end of lease term.

A government document was accepted from one of the tenants as valid reason for terminating the lease early and security deposit was returned.

$4000+ in repairs ended up being needed and done to get it rent ready again (not found before deposit was returned).

Then it was discovered (2 months later) the government document was falsified and did not actually come from their employer regarding re-location. Tenants were contacted, one wont respond or do a thing and the other tenant who fudged the form is responding and they are discussing payment plan for the amount of rent for remainder of the lease term totaling $11,000.00

NOTE: This is NOT my tenant, thank goodness. But the whole scenario with this acquaintance of mine has intrigued me since I am a very 'green' landlord with only one tenant experience so far. Even after reading and re-reading the lease and scouring the ORC I can't figure out what their next step should be or if they even have a leg to stand on since they accepted the keys and returned the security deposit.

-Can they send the tenant to collections? Would they have to sue for damages? And where do I find the laws and regulations that would better answer specific questions like this and what steps to take when a tenant breaches contract?

Thank you so much! 😀

Hi Jordan! Curious to know if you ended up using your home as a corporate rental? I am searching this morning for info on the topic and resonate the closest to your post.

thanks!

My husband and I bought our first rental property (single family) in Columbus, Ohio and are so excited!! We believe after a couple weeks of screening what feels like a gazillion applicants we've found the one! 

Thanks to bigger pockets we have the rental forms we need and have let the prospect know we have selected them. But this is my first go at this and I thought I was ready to go but all of a sudden feel lost. 

Is there a section of the bigger pockets site that has a checklist of exactly what to do during the leasing process so I don't forget something vital before handing over the keys and letting them move their stuff in? I feel like I'm about to offer my first born to strangers all of a sudden! EEK! 

Need help figuring out my 'system' I guess...

Thanks so mush for taking some of your valuable time to sift through my post. And I hope to hear from some of you soon!

Tammi