All Forum Posts by: Tasha C

Yeah- we were thinking of doing that. Asking her to fill out an application and checking references or employers, or credit. To date we have not done that with any tenants, including the son, and we have been lucky with good on time tenants.

I'm going to have a talk tonight with her and the son. Maybe it will shift my opinion of the matter, or maybe it will confirm my concerns.

14 months ago I had 2 twenty-something males move into a 2 bedroom unit. 1 had a good job and was financially more secure than the other.

But the 2nd guy was working multiple jobs, communicative and responsible, despite sometimes being late on his half of the rent or requesting to use security deposit towards rent. I still liked him and was happy to work with him.

Then about 6 months into the lease, the 2nd guys mom moves in with them. I never said anything about adding a 3rd person because that was their situation to work out and I figured it was not ideal for anyone in that group, there must be some desperate times at hand.

Well guy #1 moved out at 12 months, leaving guy #2 and his mom living there.

Guy #2 said he is moving out in 60 days, this was his notice. Fine with me, I'll be prepared to find a new tenant.

Then, last week, guy #2 says his mom wants to keep living there and take over the lease. "She'll find a roomate or something."

I initially thought it was ok, but have kind of a "feeling of doom" about leasing to the mom. I get the feeling she cannot afford the place. I get the feeling she cannot afford very much in the area and this is kind of an only option for her. Her son said he will leave the security deposit for her to use.

On the plus side, my husband went in there once a few weeks ago and said the place is very clean.

But my husband and I have tentatively agreed we would rather not lease to the mom and save ourselves the potential hassle of trying to collect rent every month.

I have to be the one to break the news to them. I know she was never on the lease, so I dont owe anything to her legally...but on a human level, I feel horrible.

This started out as a question asking advice for how to best phrase this conversation...but there is no good way to tell someone that they need to find a new place to live.

In defense of the dogs: I have 3 rescue pitt bulls myself and aside from shoes or sunglasses, and dead grass from pee, have had no property damage from my dogs.

I think all dogs are a product of their owners and when a person wants their dog to live with them I say I want to meet the animal first.

I do have a policy of No PUPPIES because that seems to be where the destruction comes from. Too young to hold their bladder for very long, chewing on things...

Older dogs of any breed tend to be couch potatoes and barking would be the biggest hassle.

I have a small number of properties and allowed pets in 1 before selling it and have a tenant with a pitt bull in 1 now.

The tenant with the pitt bull didnt have a dog when he moved in. The house was broken into a few weeks after he moved in and the back door was busted in. The house alarm scared the intruder before he could get anything, but that was enough for my tenant to request a dog.

I allowed it because break ins can be expensive and if a dog can prevent that then it might save me some money, and keep a better reputation for the area-which will make it easier to rent in the future.

tenant rescued a pitt bull from the local shelter, younger than i would have like, about 8 months, but she has been a sweetheart. loving and obediant.

my husband was in the house a few weeks ago installing a ceiling fan and said the house has never been cleaner.

The tenant is looking to move elsewhere into a 1 bedroom when his roomate leaves and has asked if we have something available because he likes us and it's hard to find a dog or pitt friendly rental. We dont have 1 bedrooms, so he decided to stay in the 2 bedroom he is in and try to make the rent on his own.

We just purchased a 3 bedroom in a little rough area (equal to where the pitt bull resides now) and have already decided to allow dogs in it, because the benefits of preventing break ins, and attracting tenants with few rental options seems attractive.