All Forum Posts by: Yiv L.

Another thing is never assume anything. Never assume tenants are naive and do not know much. Never assume the tenant has agreed to move out thru verbal or text, etc I always make them sign the mutual termination form after the final walk-though.

As everyone said, do not let her use the security deposit to pay rent. You should work out with her on payment plan(s), such as pay in full or installments (ie, 3/4 then 1/4) on a certain date(s), Once both of you agree on the date, then you should also send her a pay or quit notice, where the last day lines up with the agreed upon date. Tell her that the notice is for formality only, but in fact this is the only way she can not keep pushing out the date further.

@Marshall Downs I love to evict this guy, but it's always difficult to prove in court unless the evidence is obvious. These folks know too well on how to run around the system. And I am sure the "guest" will not qualify to be a tenant (that's why they did not bother to be on the lease to begin with).

Thanks Al. The occupant is middle aged. Obviously, his accusation did not go too far as to get the money (that's why I can not press on that), but he did call the cop and they took the dog away for 10 days without much investigation (stupid law) to make sure there is no rabies. But the aggravation to the neighboring tenant is enormous I can tell.

Also to add info for the subject, I do not have "guest stay" policy in the lease.

I would like to see how many of us was able to evict a tenant solely based on unauthorized occupant. I know many of us said as long as rent is paid, why bother? My major concern of unauthorized occupants are their criminal backgrounds, that I have no way to know and check. Also, the tenant is a trouble maker, accusing his neighbor's dog biting his kids (which I know it was fabricated) and looked to get insurance payout.

Would like to hear some ideas and your past experiences.

Not sure what is the SD amount, but keeping all of them if it's big amount is probably won't go well in court either. You might want to work with that "tenant" to see if you can keep part of it, and everyone can go their ways again.

Joe, thanks for the heads-up, but I don't have to tell him who said what. Also, I did not say anything specifics, and complaint from neighbors are not uncommon.

Indeed, very valuable info. Thanks Dawn.

I was able to confront the tenant over the weekend. I started with the fact that he violates the lease as he did not notify me on the change of his employment situation. Once he was on defensive mode, I moved on to mention the activities that other tenants complained about. Instead of being too explicit on those activities, I reminded him that the lease does not allow operating business from the rental that generates traffic. Told him that if he sells on Craigslist or Ebay, he needs to ship the stuffs or meet somewhere instead of having ppl come and pick the items from his place.

I was just trying to send him a message that he has been watched, and it seems to work because my on-site manager said there was no more traffic that evening.

I will continue to monitor the situation. I am also considering installing security cameras on the property.

@Chad Cassaday your tenants allowed the guy in to stay, thus they should be responsible in getting him out of the rental. I think they are playing games with you. The fact that your tenants allowed the guy to stay violates the lease agreement (hope you have this clause in your lease). You should send a notice to the tenants, giving them <a number of days allowed by your state law> days to get the guest out, or they will be evicted.

I think it's soft water drain. My newer house in AZ has one like this. It's used to drain away during soft water cleaning cycles.