Renters AHHH GRRRR

[happyhappy]

We have a house down south and our renters decided they didn't want to pay rent and trashed our new house... around 8k worth of damages and work that needs to be done. House was built early 05 and will look like a 07 with a new face lift...

Criminal charges have been pressed which helps ease the pain.... If you are in the "Real estate" business give me some insight on how to deal with this type of junk

 

[Broker]

Hopefully you had a well written lease signed by your renters. Always do every kind of check you can on potential renters. Seems like your case is far and few in between, just a slight case of bad luck. Sue the crap out of them until you get all your damages paid for.

 

[Phoebe_]

If they didn't intent to pay, they shouldn't have trashed it like that...They are so bad!

 

[Keral_Patel]

I have just moved to my new house yesterday and was thinking to give my previous home on rent. It is a nice property in nice suburbs. People are giving me calls after calls but we have a different kind of problem here. Our renters don't go away. They think it is their own home after some months and when we say that leave now. They say where will they go and ask for help and pity from other organizations.

Today I am myself going to court and making out a legal notarized contract that will have to be signed before a person gets my home on rent. Best practice is to get the paper work done.

The last time I had a fight with my another renter who had rented my 3rd one but bit smaller house. I was tempted to throw him out of the window 3 floors down to the ground. So I have learned my lessons.

 

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

We have a house down south and our renters decided they didn't want to pay rent and trashed our new house... around 8k worth of damages and work that needs to be done. House was built early 05 and will look like a 07 with a new face lift...

Criminal charges have been pressed which helps ease the pain.... If you are in the "Real estate" business give me some insight on how to deal with this type of junk

I am glad you pressed criminal charges. Who do people like that think they are? I guess now they know... they are people in trouble, who have to go to court, and answer for what they did!

Frank

 

[Jeffrey]

frattay22, why did they act so harsh like that in the first place? You probably have done something not good at them first. Just speculating, no offense meant.

 

[The Equivocate]

We had an opposite situation happen to us recently. We actually signed a lease for a house and then the renters turned around and said that 2 of the current tenants wanted to resign for next school year so we would not get the house - AFTER we signed the lease mind you.

 

[dezinerite]

Frattay22, do you know what made them turn so hostile?

 

[dna]

I dont know how to recognize people who would trash a house
but i think we can all recognize people who
would never do such a thing. Those should be the ones you rent to.
And always check references.

 

[happyhappy]

Sorry for the late delay... I travel out of state for work and stay there a couple days a week... or it would be 4 hours round trip daily for work

Yes it does suck that she trashed it like that. She was ALWAYS five days late on payment after the second month which we did NOT charge her late fees. We should of but we always gives them chances since no one is perfect. We understand people go through hard times so we are always strick but easy on late payments. It is better to get the payment late then not at all.

Ya'll ask why would she trash the house like that? I wish I knew but honestly I am not sure what made her flip like that. I asked a few neighbors on what we did wrong and they said nothing she is just a little crazy.

The renter stole some of our other stuff which she said we told her that she could have. Which I just laughed at cause there would be no reason why I would give such personal items to a stranger. She left all her junk and took some of our good stuff.

Lessons learned

Yes had a nice lease that was signed. You know sometimes it is better to let the law deal with these types of people...

Hopefully you had a well written lease signed by your renters. Always do every kind of check you can on potential renters. Seems like your case is far and few in between, just a slight case of bad luck. Sue the crap out of them until you get all your damages paid for.

I agree 100% if you do not want to pay for something you should not get it for free.

If they didn't intent to pay, they shouldn't have trashed it like that...They are so bad!

Best of luck on your "Houses" I understand about wanting to throw people out of windows who screw up houses I am not sure how it is where you are at but here in the states each state, county, city have different laws which sometimes makes it hard

I have just moved to my new house yesterday and was thinking to give my previous home on rent. It is a nice property in nice suburbs. People are giving me calls after calls but we have a different kind of problem here. Our renters don't go away. They think it is their own home after some months and when we say that leave now. They say where will they go and ask for help and pity from other organizations.

Today I am myself going to court and making out a legal notarized contract that will have to be signed before a person gets my home on rent. Best practice is to get the paper work done.

The last time I had a fight with my another renter who had rented my 3rd one but bit smaller house. I was tempted to throw him out of the window 3 floors down to the ground. So I have learned my lessons.

Ouch sorry to hear that. As you stated yes it does go both ways sometimes hope you find a house soon for your family

We had an opposite situation happen to us recently. We actually signed a lease for a house and then the renters turned around and said that 2 of the current tenants wanted to resign for next school year so we would not get the house - AFTER we signed the lease mind you.