All Forum Posts by: Timothy Burns

 I am, what are these called? 

@Kevin Sobilo Child Protective Services said thats not a reportable offense. 

 simplest answer is the best usually.........thanks!   

It's at 24 degrees tonight. 

They've been notified, and are doing it vindictively. 

She's sleeping in there tonight with her daughters and the heat off. 

I am nearing the end of a lease with my current tenant, set to expire January 31, tenant has become very angry and vindictive. 

Gave 60 days notice that we will not be renewing the lease. 

This is my first duplex that I am living in, and tenant continues to turn heat completely off while temps are at/near freezing. 

Lawyer advised this could be considered an emergency situation so I "could" enter without notice. 

Either way, tenant is continuing to leave heat off and has said they will not be moving anything out until the 31st of Jan.  

How does this sound:      ??

Hello and good day Tenant,

We are writing to remind you that your current lease for the property located at _______________ is set to expire on December 31st, 20XX.

This letter will serve as proper XX-day notice that we will not be renewing your lease for another term at that time.

In accordance with the lease agreement, the property shall be fully vacated, cleaned, and returned in the same show quality condition upon move-in. All keys shall be turned over to Landlord, your lease states 3 keys were given. Please provide a forwarding address prior to moving out, and be sure to cancel/transfer any utilities out of your name by the move out date.

If you would like to schedule a walk-through inspection of the property after move out to assess property condition and any potential damages and cleaning charges, please let us know.

Thank you for your time.

Have a good day.

Hello all, I am coming to the end of the lease with my first tenant in a duplex that I'm living in, and plan on not renewing the current tenant's lease for various reasons. 

What is the best way to give notice and what is a reasonable amount of time? 

 This is the exact situation and approach to solve it that I think I will be taking. 

She's already popped a pretty good attitude since this has happened so really just one more clue that I don't want to deal with this person anymore than I have to. 

@Theresa Harris, right, honestly I think it was done out of anger. 

currently my lease only clearly spells out quarterly inspections, with the right for emergencies of course. Ill have to read it some more to see if maybe there's something else. 

@Theresa Harris so I did the inspection, and as I suspected the rabbit was gone. gee golly I wonder what they were doing when the ring cam recorded them pulling a vehicle into the garage that doesn't belong there. 

Glad I did the inspection despite it being uncomfortable, because I found a few other issues that need to be addressed. 

dishrag and plastic straws in garbage disposal and continuing to unplug the sump pump despite being told not to. 

Now considering just asking them to move at the end of the lease. 

Despite having the forsight to put regular (quaterly) inspections into the lease, that was the first one I did because I didn't want to be the 'hardass' landlord. 

LESSON LEARNED FOR ROOKIES: After moving in a new tenant, DEFINITELY stick to your regular inspection schedule so that they know right off the bat that you'll be coming around and paying attention to what's happening, and to see how much they fibbed about on their application.