I'm a used car dealer, one of the conditions in my contracts regarding alterations is "in case of repossession, customer can reclaim any non-attached personal property, but anything attached to the car, stays with the car". Wouldn't believe how many let their ride get repossessed, and then they show up and they want their shiny rims back and want to leave the car sitting on blocks. Doesn't work that way. My leases stipulate something similar, so that alterations can't just walk off and leave holes. I don't normally allows alterations, but I've had one ask for security cameras, and I didn't want the tenant to leave, take the cameras, and leave my house with holes so that rainwater can get in and cause rot.
Thousands of dollars of repairs. Unpaid rent. No showed the final walk through. Abandoned the property. No forwarding address. Vacant. Fun! Some would say for people in this scenario, chasing down the tenants (wherever they may be), isn’t worth it.
A tenant just mover in. And a guest has staying with them temporarily since the tenant's wife and kinds just moved to the country. The guest was going to be staying with them for a few days and now its been 3 weeks. And, now the tenant is changing his tune by saying there must have been a misunderstanding. There were none. Its all on the lease agreement. 2 adults and 2 children. Nothing about a guest and his gf. What's the best course of action here? P.s. the tenants are good (minus the lying i suppose) but the guest and his gf are noisy and an utter disturbance.
@dbsupereh7627 If this violates the lease, send a written notice of default informing the tenant that failure to cure (within a reasonable amount of time) can result in termination of the lease and an eviction.
@@LandlordAttorney thanks so much for the quick reply! Would a text work? It's a good way to keep a paper trail and it helps to bridge the language barrier via Google Translate.
@@LandlordAttorney There is 2 ways you can act. Either demand that they bring it back to original state for their own money/the deposit or have an inspector to come out and take a look at it, and if it dont live up to at least code they pay for the inspector and what needs to be done. If they do an upgrade, they just have a risk of the rent being raised in the long term. I would rather have they concact me about future wishes and repairs, instead of doing it them selfs. Normal wear and tear gets fixed with no charge. Even if ex the dishwasher breaks ect. Unless there is sign of "violent" use.
I'm a used car dealer, one of the conditions in my contracts regarding alterations is "in case of repossession, customer can reclaim any non-attached personal property, but anything attached to the car, stays with the car". Wouldn't believe how many let their ride get repossessed, and then they show up and they want their shiny rims back and want to leave the car sitting on blocks. Doesn't work that way. My leases stipulate something similar, so that alterations can't just walk off and leave holes. I don't normally allows alterations, but I've had one ask for security cameras, and I didn't want the tenant to leave, take the cameras, and leave my house with holes so that rainwater can get in and cause rot.
@@vivillager That's a great comparison. People want to be able to treat something like their own.
I’m thinking on year 2 with the tenant I might consider this with me picking the contractor and weekly meeting with all parties concerned
Yes, it helps to have at least a little trust built into it. Good strategy.
Thousands of dollars of repairs.
Unpaid rent.
No showed the final walk through.
Abandoned the property.
No forwarding address.
Vacant.
Fun! Some would say for people in this scenario, chasing down the tenants (wherever they may be), isn’t worth it.
Again, it depends on whether there is a reasonable expectation of collection.
@@LandlordAttorney Sure - we’d have to define “reasonable” although.
What is reasonable for some, may not be for many.
A tenant just mover in. And a guest has staying with them temporarily since the tenant's wife and kinds just moved to the country.
The guest was going to be staying with them for a few days and now its been 3 weeks. And, now the tenant is changing his tune by saying there must have been a misunderstanding.
There were none. Its all on the lease agreement. 2 adults and 2 children. Nothing about a guest and his gf.
What's the best course of action here?
P.s. the tenants are good (minus the lying i suppose) but the guest and his gf are noisy and an utter disturbance.
@dbsupereh7627 If this violates the lease, send a written notice of default informing the tenant that failure to cure (within a reasonable amount of time) can result in termination of the lease and an eviction.
@@LandlordAttorney thanks so much for the quick reply!
Would a text work? It's a good way to keep a paper trail and it helps to bridge the language barrier via Google Translate.
I would never allow tenants to do improvements/repairs to the place them selfs. There is a big risk of a crappy handymans work.
True. How would you respond if they did it anyway, but the work was done really well?
@@LandlordAttorney There is 2 ways you can act. Either demand that they bring it back to original state for their own money/the deposit or have an inspector to come out and take a look at it, and if it dont live up to at least code they pay for the inspector and what needs to be done.
If they do an upgrade, they just have a risk of the rent being raised in the long term.
I would rather have they concact me about future wishes and repairs, instead of doing it them selfs.
Normal wear and tear gets fixed with no charge. Even if ex the dishwasher breaks ect. Unless there is sign of "violent" use.