Just wanted to vent for others considering leasing out their property.
I have (had) a tenant in a property who has been there almost 3 years. Single mother, has paid rent late once and bounced one check, but was an otherwise good tenant and a good person.
On Dec 20th she emailed me saying sorry but she lost her job, things are crazy, and she will have to break the lease, can Jan 31st be her last day as she has to move in with her parents. I replied no big deal I understand, just make sure everything is clean and ready for carpet/paint. I suspected she had a roommate so I told her to make 100% sure that anyone in the home knows that Jan 31st is their last day.
Then, on Dec 28th she emailed me saying sorry but there is no way for her to even stay Jan, and she will be out by the 31st.
So, I show up on the 1st to inspect the property, and a downstairs room still has furniture in it. Nothing 'personal' like computers or clothes, but there's a bed, a desk, a couch, and a reclining chair.
I call her, and she basically has no idea what to do. Apparently this "roommate" has not paid his rent to her for 2 months. She didn't know how to evict him, and he hasn't been around in weeks. She said the room was totally full of stuff a few days ago, so he must've come by and picked up some of it. The only number she has for him is turned off, and he doesn't work at the last place he told her he worked. All she has is his first and last name.
So. I now have some person's stuff in my house, where no one has paid rent for this month, and I have carpet/paint/workers scheduled who can't do anything until I contact this uncontactable person.
If I change the locks etc he can legally kick the door down since he was never served a notice to vacate. At this point I really just need to move his stuff to the garage, but I'm not 100% sure I can even do that.
Waiting to hear back from my landlord tenant attorney.
I have (had) a tenant in a property who has been there almost 3 years. Single mother, has paid rent late once and bounced one check, but was an otherwise good tenant and a good person.
On Dec 20th she emailed me saying sorry but she lost her job, things are crazy, and she will have to break the lease, can Jan 31st be her last day as she has to move in with her parents. I replied no big deal I understand, just make sure everything is clean and ready for carpet/paint. I suspected she had a roommate so I told her to make 100% sure that anyone in the home knows that Jan 31st is their last day.
Then, on Dec 28th she emailed me saying sorry but there is no way for her to even stay Jan, and she will be out by the 31st.
So, I show up on the 1st to inspect the property, and a downstairs room still has furniture in it. Nothing 'personal' like computers or clothes, but there's a bed, a desk, a couch, and a reclining chair.
I call her, and she basically has no idea what to do. Apparently this "roommate" has not paid his rent to her for 2 months. She didn't know how to evict him, and he hasn't been around in weeks. She said the room was totally full of stuff a few days ago, so he must've come by and picked up some of it. The only number she has for him is turned off, and he doesn't work at the last place he told her he worked. All she has is his first and last name.
So. I now have some person's stuff in my house, where no one has paid rent for this month, and I have carpet/paint/workers scheduled who can't do anything until I contact this uncontactable person.
If I change the locks etc he can legally kick the door down since he was never served a notice to vacate. At this point I really just need to move his stuff to the garage, but I'm not 100% sure I can even do that.
Waiting to hear back from my landlord tenant attorney.