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Sorta's Rental #1170200
11/25/18 01:29 PM
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So it begins. August 21 my long time friends and tenants (in their late 80's)moved back to their home country. Dad wanted to go 'home'. Mom didn't but she always did what she thought a good wife should. The live-in son (62) went back with them, but since he became a US Citizen long ago, he is coming back to live with relatives in Washington State. Miss them a lot. Everything was pretty calm (with minor hiccups) for 30 years!

Then came the REHAB of an 800 sq ft pretty simple house. It's a 20x12 living room, 15x15 kitchen, 12x12 bedroom, 11x11 bedroom, and a small bathroom about 6x8. I lived in my rented house (one of 3 on this property) for 40 years now and have been the Landlord for 20 of those years when the landlord died and his wife sold me the property. Instant Landlord! I knew nothing about it nor did I ever want to be a landlord.

I bought a book on "How to Landlord" and followed it religiously. Learned a lot and in 20 years have improved my skills and found other resources to give me advice. Sooooo why this snafu now? Well, let's begin:

House was empty on August 21 and we immediately (me and my other neighbor/friend/tenant in the back house). I 'pay' him with dinners. Works out pretty well. Took stock of what needed to be done but essentially it needed a complete overhaul even though I'd kept up with the 'repairs' for 20 years. First, drag out tons of left stuff which we ended up putting out on the sidewalk and letting people take it for FREE. That was fun. Everyone had a great time and in one afternoon and overnight, EVERYTHING was gone except a king size mattress. We had the trash company pick that up and then we started in on the empty house.

I hired a cleaning crew to clean all the grease from every surface in the kitchen including all appliances. They got rid of all cobwebs all over, did the windows, vacuumed, etc. Left the place much better than before. Then I pulled out all nails, screws, hooks, staples, and other stuff from walls and ceilings and baseboards. I love doing that. It's a 'treasure hunt'. Also pulled out all OLD wiring and cables from 50 years or more and patched all holes.

Painted the ENTIRE inside, every inch of it. Not kidding. Got bright white and did all walls, ceilings, doors, inside closets, shelves, everything including the wall heater with a coat of 'high heat' paint. After a week it all looked clean and neat except for some streaks which we just didn't have time to fix before the wall to wall carpet guys came. We installed carpet in the living, 2 beds and small hall. Awesome stuff, good price and looked great now with a nice beige Berber carpet. Kitchen already had wood grain ceramic tile on floor and bathroom nice white ceramic tile on floor and around tub.

I did more cleaning on the appliances which still had grease in many areas and ended up eventually throwing out the existing gas range and buying a new (clean) one. Washing machine was in pristine condition and only 3 years old. I bought it from the Tenants for 100 bucks. Good buy. Fridge is a side-by-side 22 cu ft nice nice nice.

So then to the outside to patch stucco, trim trees, get rid of most of the Tumbleweed, and rearrange the MANY plants the Mom left. Most of them went onto the nice covered patio outside the kitchen door. It always cool and breezy and quiet and a great place to sit and relax. It's the best feature of the house. Friend also built a nice 6x8 metal storage shed in the yard and I installed new mini-blinds all around. Looked great. I put up some lace (not girly) curtains to make it look more homey and it was ready to rent.

Advertised it for a week on the internet sites (3 of them) and got nothing. Finally put a sign out front and got TONS of lookers. I was busy all day showing the place. Handed out many applications and only got TWO back both of which turned out badly. One perfect single guy changed his mind and the other lady couldn't provide any identification and had a very strange background and story. I must have talked to over 200 people, exchanged emails with about 50 (only one of whom ever showed up for the appointments). I finally put the ad on Craig's List and got a few more 'responses' AND my ad got stolen and copied and changed and listed on several sites I never knew. The scammers lowered to price to a ridiculous level and many people came by expecting to rent a 2 bed, one bath house for $500. Geez! Hate scammers. Dunno how many of the people who saw those ads actually sent this guy money. I actually answered the fake ad and chatted with him. Nice guy, well spoken, good English skills and very willing to let you move right in after sending him money cards or a money order. This of course was sight unseen. So many people fall for stuff like this. Ugh!

I finally rented the house to a nice mom (90) and daughter (64). They were PERFECT, UNTIL....

The son of the Mom found out Mom was being moved (by her caretaker daughter) out of the mobile home of 28 years into my place and he and his 'posse' came over and attacked me on my front porch. Not physically, but threats, etc. One gleefully held up her phone and announced in a childish voice, "I just recorded everything you said!" Like I really cared? They saw their 'inheritance' going out the window or to the other daughter and wanted me to lock the house so Mom couldn't move in, or just take Mom off the rental agreement, or give back all the Deposit money, etc. I followed the law and after considering having this group bothering me, decided to let them convince Mom and the caretaker daughter sign off the lease and I refunded the Security (per law), but got to keep the first month's rent. I made sure it was all done legally and signed sealed and delivered with witnesses, etc. Sad to see this duo go but nothing lost but time and energy.

Relisted the house, put out my signs, did a ton more walk-throughs, gave out more applications and finally got a 45 year old mom with 2 grown kids who wanted to move in. She's being relocated from a plot of houses which are being torn down to build low income apartments with all the amenities. She was very anxious to get the place and despite my need to find the 'perfect' tenants, I rented to her and the 2 sons. I got the move in monies directly from the corporation which is displacing her. SHE will get a lump sum payout in the next few weeks of a huge amount which will be enough to pay the rent for 2 years IF she doesn't blow it all in a week. No constraints on the money. It's hers to spend as she wishes. I'm crossing my fingers on this one. Lots of strange stuff going on since I allowed her to 'start' moving in a little before the Dec. 1, actual date. Things have become really annoying and as of today, I'm just watching and waiting for the next 'surprise' from her.

Coming up on the next installment: No dogs allowed, but she has a SNAKE. Eeeeeek! Met her daughter but not the sons who will be living HERE. She wants to paint the entire inside tan, AND change all the baseboards. Bathroom sink is leaking and kitchen sink is clogged as of Thanksgiving (had all her family over).

Stay tuned for exciting events!




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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1170216
11/25/18 03:49 PM
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I laughed at myself because the first thing I thought when I saw "Sorta's Rental" was YIPPEE! Another Sorta Saga! Can't wait for Episode two!


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1170219
11/25/18 04:05 PM
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Thank goodness for my faithful fans. Makes me feel better to giggle along with you as I am really stressed over everything. Thanks Drac. Episode 2 soon.


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1170260
11/26/18 06:14 AM
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My goodness Sorta! You should write a book! New tenant does not sound promising. Hope it all works out!


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1170298
11/26/18 11:49 AM
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Why in the world would anyone want to change the baseboards?


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1170307
11/26/18 12:41 PM
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Yeppers, the new tenant is going to be challenging. Not sure which way this will go at all. She's strangely honest about her background, all the mistakes she's made in life, her situations and when asked direct questions, answers them all. But hopefully after the 'dust' settles, things will be nice and quiet.

As for the baseboards: when the carpet went in, it revealed areas where termites or just plain old age had disintegrated spots. Doesn't look good here and there. She want's everything to be 'pristine'. Not gonna happen and it's in the Rental Agreement AS IS so she knows, but her boyfriends owns a FLOORING company and has a pretty good following and recommends on Yelp. Interesting. He would be doing the baseboards (at no cost to me ever). I also put that in writing and made her sign on the dotted line. I still haven't been in the house for a week or so to see IF she's painting or doing anything and the boyfriend hasn't been here more than an hour or two in all that time. Mostly he just picks her up and drops her off. I can hardly wait to see what happens next.

Today, I'm trying to contact my plumber who only works afternoons and not weekends and not around holidays. He's awesome, and reasonable and easy to deal with so I will try again today. Hopefully he can fix the mess she made over Thanksgiving with the plumbing. I'll tell you all about that when I'm awake and alert.


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1174589
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hope your new tenants are doing great for you and no mishaps

Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1174737
01/14/19 10:24 PM
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Oh the tales I could tell, not to mention the STRESS! This new tenant is constantly causing me grief. Passive aggressive and perfectly willing to 'debate' every rule I have. She signed the rental agreement, but never really read all of it, and when I attempted to read it to her, she literally (yeah, I mean that) fell asleep as I read! I gave up and she promised to read the entire thing.

I must admit, the agreement is TWENTY ONE pages long. Yeah. It's that long because I used huge print (so it can be read without glasses) and I included the 'rules' in the actual legal stuff so it's all in one spot. SHE keeps bringing up the 21 pages. It's a joke now, but still, she's very critical of everything.

So we left off with the clogged plumbing which was FINE before she moved in and had a Thanksgiving dinner for her family and a few friends. I finally got my really good plumber over and he marveled at what she had done to his previous work. Seems she had totally dismantled the bathroom vanity plumbing from top (faucets) to bottom, drains and traps and it was all LOOSE. We have no idea what she thought she was doing, but I'm guessing she clogged the sink in the kitchen during the big dinner and tried to FIX it herself. My plumber and I decided to remove all the previous plumbing (which he did less than a month before)from under the bathroom sink, toss it (looked like some parts were missing!) and start fresh. So he did that and snaked out the drain. Easily done and didn't charge me too much (he's great on price).

So I told her NOT to take anything apart again. Not sure if she listens to anything I say. THEN I finally allowed her to paint the bedroom with my leftover white paint. She did an outstanding job! Really nice work. So I relented and said she could paint the living room a light tan. She showed me the color and it's nice. She is now into week SIX and only has 12 feet on one wall, the tiny hall and the short wall with the heater painted so far. Sooooo slow. Oh well, I don't have to live there.

Then there is the Christmas Tree. It has sat outside on the driveway now for 3 missed trash pick up days. Yeah, we talked about how to dispose of it after the first week but it's still there. Not supposed to be in the 'common' area, but I'm trying not to rile her up. I managed to mention it today as the carpet installers were re-installing the bedroom carpet. I apologized to them profusely for tearing up their awesome work so soon. They were so good and it's all back to looking great. Good guys.

OH, did I forget to mention that the NEW wall to wall entire house carpeting that went in at the end of September, was suddenly WET during a big rainstorm. Uncommon for us to have that much rain. We got SIX inches in about 5 hours and it built up all over the property. She told me about the wet carpet in the big bedroom 2 days later! Lovely. One wall was soaked out to about 4 feet and some down the sides. I took a shop vac to it and got out about 3 gallons or so. Then we tried to figure out how the heck this happened. Dug a trench outside the bedroom wall where the wet came in and found nothing, but sealed the foundation/sill of the house with that rubber spray stuff. Looked pretty good after repainting it. Still didn't see why it might have leaked in the center of the wall. THEN looked further along and found an old gas pipe that went INTO the wall and had a 1 inch gap (hole) all around. It's been like that for the 40 years I've lived here. Didn't ever see anything wet in the house, but this time, I'm pretty sure that the rain came down so fast that the level of the 'puddle' right under the pipe allowed the water to just glub glub into the hole where it then drained down into the bedroom wall and out under the baseboard which then soaked the rug. We decided the best way to dry it was to rip out the carpet, drag it to the driveway and let the sun do the work. Was dry overnight and rolled up and stored. Then we took out all the tack strips (a lot were really damaged) and determined there was wood damage under the wall that leaked. Fixed all that, foamed, replaced needed wood, and put in all new baseboards all around. The old ones were damaged and we needed wider ones to cover gaps. We also had to rip up two layers of tile which were no longer stuck to the slab. Hard work but worth it.

Foamed the hole, patched another access panel that had rust damage and I think it's all fixed now. Should be no more leaks. Crossing fingers and toes. All this 'repair' stuff took from Thanksgiving till TODAY! Yeah, partly because of the work to be done, but mainly because SHE had us on a schedule of her own choosing, which limited us to the hours of 10 am till 3 pm ONLY. Gotta give her credit for being demanding. So I did what I could when I could as I needed my friend's help and he sleeps till noon most days.

AND as if the hours of allowed working weren't enough, she wanted to negotiate lower rent for the time she would be without the one bedroom that we had to fix. Sigh. I figured it was fair, actually I was overly fair just to be sure she didn't complain to any 'city' agencies about poor living conditions. I could feel that one coming. So she only had to pay partial rent for January.

I waited till January 1 at 4 pm and still no rent. She knew rent was due on the 1st period, no excuses, no leeway. She wandered up at 5ish and said she had the money but LOANED it to a friend. If you believe that one, I've got this bridge......

More in the next installment. Did I actually get the rent from her? Is the living room painting done? And how long is her daughter and the baby going to be 'visiting' with her???? More fun to come.


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1174745
01/15/19 02:00 AM
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In a way, I was hoping to NOT hear an installment in this saga because that would mean that things were going well. Well, shucks...


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1174784
01/15/19 01:15 PM
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Oh, dear eek


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1174918
01/17/19 02:15 AM
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It's not all bad news. After I got the story about 'lending' her rent money to someone, I told her she was getting a 3 day notice to pay or move out, plus some late fees if she came up with the money by the end of the 3 days. She got herself in gear, called the 'relocation' company (the ones that paid me the first rent) and then begged me to try to print out the 'release' form from her phone, that she needed to get her allotment that was due on Jan 31, but she convinced them to pay her early with whatever sob story she gave them. Probably told them she would have to move back into the house they just got her out of. I'm sure they didn't want that to happen.

So I printed the form, she got it to them and on the 3rd day, I had my rent. She isn't a happy camper at all. Actually better for me since she was being way too friendly with me for a Landlord/Tenant thingy. You can be friendly, but not a friend.

After I got the rent, she appeared a few days later to tell me that her boyfriend was going to come over and give ME the RENT? Duh??? I asked if it was for the next month. Oh no, she said, he finally agreed to help her out with the LATE rent she had begged him for and he insisted on paying me personally. Well that wouldn't work. I already had the rent, and she wanted me to get it from him, and then GIVE it to HER. Geez! Talk about illegal conversion of funds. I explained it was illegal and I wasn't going to be part of any deception. She called me paranoid (well, that actually fits) and insisted I had 'coerced' her into telling people she was only renting a one bedroom house. Huh? Delusional I guess. I never said anything of the sort and told her we needed to sit down, face to face and have a chat about this. She said to forget it, she was wrong about it and I just gave up. Since then she's been really irritated with everything. She's really angry that I wouldn't play along so she could get money from the guy.

So when I informed her that the carpet company would be there on Monday to relay the carpet we had to pull out (wet) she didn't respond. I sent a reminder a few days later and she responded with 'yeah, I know'. So comes the day of the carpet guys, and guess what? She goes out with a girlfriend and never comes home that night. She arrives at 11 am just as the carpet guys were finishing the job. She left her 16 year old son to let me in. He's easier to deal with than she is. Had a nice time.

But while I was there supervising, I noticed her 'married' daughter was STILL there since the previous Thursday. This was now Monday. She and her 3 month old baby were pretty much living there. I mentioned something about how long she might be staying, and the message must have been received, since 5 hours later, when I went out shopping, her 'husband' drove in, they loaded tons of stuff into the car, and she hasn't been seen since. I guess the attempt to move her in without me noticing, didn't work, since I noticed. Yep.

I was surprised to see the living room painting project, started 6 weeks ago, had some progress. I'm figuring at this rate, she should have it done by next Christmas.

Speaking of Christmas, her Christmas tree was dragged outside a few days after Christmas, and put in the common driveway, where it still lies. I reminded her twice to get it to the curb for trash day. She has missed it twice, so I sent her an email today so she can get it out there tomorrow as promised. She wrote back another mono-syllable response and said it would be done.

Loads of tension around here. Don't like feeling like I'm overbearing, but some things have to be handled. Insurance company comes this week to inspect that house for 'safety' issues before renewing the policy. A dry, crisp tree, lying against a wooden fence and lath patio wall would be just the thing the guy would ding me for. Somehow, she's not concerned.

I have no idea where we go from here, but maybe things will work out. Next big hurdle is getting the RENT on time on Feburary 1st. Any bets on the chance of that? I'm not holding my breath. crazy


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1174954
01/17/19 12:59 PM
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WOW. i think she is some piece of work. sounds like she is going to be more trouble than your last tenants.may have to get that notice of eviction printed out sounds like you may have to use it but hopefully not

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Never ending drama around here. My old tenants (inherited when I took over the place from my original landlady) were so good except for minor hiccups. Never never ever paid rent late. In fact sometimes paid early and surprised me. This one is going to be a battle of reminders and hoping she doesn't 'loan' the rent money to another friend just before it's due. I'm not believing most of what she tells me now that I know how she operates.

BUT at 7:20 am today, she was up and out in the driveway hacking at the dead Christmas tree and putting it into the yard waste containers. Hooray! She then left me an email telling me she did that and put out her regular trash. Reading between the lines, she's trying to tell me I'm bothering her. Comes the day she actually READS the entire rental agreement which she sighed despite my trying to read it to her to be sure she understood everything, she might just figure things out without me having to remind her. I'm soooo tired of being a nagging Landlord.

She has her good points, neat, clean (to a fault with 3 showers a day) and she's keeping things nice in the house, but it's all the little stuff, that keeps this little 'compound' going smoothly. 3 houses, with tenants who also need to follow simple rules so that all of us live quietly and safely and happily. Hope in a few months all the bugs are worked out and I will be back to bored.

Time to go back to being paranoid and see what new annoyances she has planned for today. rotfl


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Sooooo the almost final update on this adventure is that despite that 3-day notice in January for not paying rent (after which she managed to get it 4 days late with my help), she AGAIN failed to pay rent in February. Rent due 1st no grace period, we went round and round on that in the very beginning and again in January.

Feb 1 comes, and I hear nothing from her, she goes in and out like usual, shopping, doing laundry, who knows what. Feb 2nd (now a day late) I contact her and ask about rent. She says 'I put all my money in a 6 month account and only kept out enough for my bills and 1/2 the rent'? WHAT?

She had the remainder of the 8k I helped her get from the 'relocation company' so what's the deal with the 6 month bank account? I already knew she didn't have the bulk of her pay out because the relocation gal told me that the 8k was the LAST of it. So I was at least expecting she would have rent money for February. From there we went for 3 days with more stories without me telling her I knew about all the rest of her 'windfall' being already gone. It was a really bad few days with me trying to be nice and advising her how to get money out of a 6 month account. Just have to pay a penalty, etc. She came up with more stories.

So the final so far is I was going to give her a 30 day move out notice, but decided to LET HER give me a 30 day notice on her own that she was leaving because the rent was more than she could handle. True actually. She did that after 2 days of me reminding her and now I have the paper.

Don't know IF she will actually move when she's supposed to, she never even tried to get me ANY of the rent (said her boyfriend had 1/2 of it for her). I didn't believe a word. Not a very truthful gal, but otherwise nice, keeps the house nice, kids are nice, everyone is quiet and neat, no problems other than NO RENT. Ugh!

Expecting to check up on her in a few days to see where she is on moving out. More later when I see what she's going to do next.


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Gosh Sorta, what a story! I don't get folks that expect to live for free


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Oh, good grief. I was hoping she might come around. Yeah, she thinks she should like there rent-free, I guess???


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You're too nice, Sorta. You put a lot into rehabbing the house to make it nice for the next tenants. Evidently this chick doesn't appreciate it.

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I'm so sorry, Sorta. This seems to be the story over and over again whether it's an employee or tenant. People have no sense of responsibility anymore.


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1176919
02/08/19 12:43 PM
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I'm sad that this isn't working out. She's a 46 year old gal who is smart, but has 'quirks'. She's pretty much like the kids I taught for the many years of 'alternative' school. Good things about her all around but she just suddenly decided to up the lies and not even try to come up with even a small portion of the rent. Not sure what the problem is, but I know she was being 'relocated' from a rental house that was due for demolition as part of a huge project to build low/moderate income apartments. Big company, good reputation, lots of other projects already done around our city. Nice stuff and good to help those who need it. She lived pretty much FREE for 6 months and then had to be out by Jan 31. She found my place in late November. The company paid me directly for the first month and security. I should have sensed something then. They didn't trust her to give it to me. All was fine, lots of cleaning (she's OCD on cleaning) and 'nesting'. Finally moved all her stuff (which isn't much) in late January when her sister and kids had to be out of the same rental.

January rent late by 4 days and I got the paperwork printed out for her to get around 8k from the relocation company to pay the late rent of 1100. It was supposed to be 1650 but I lowered it because of that rain leak on the carpet. Big project. Anyway, got that money and the rest I figured she would have for the next month's rent just fine. THEN I found out from the relocation gal that the 8k was the LAST little bit of the big payout and she had taken all of it earlier in small bits, so at this point, I think she SPENT all the rest. Total was 48k. Somehow she managed to spend all that in 6 months and has none left, otherwise she would have made some effort to pay me the rent. Not sure what her problems are, but from activities and her comings and goings at weird hours, and things happening in front of my house with a gal in an SUV who never drives in and something goes on between them involving papers or mail or flyers, I suspecting drug transfers. Yeah, looks like it. Can't really say it is, but might explain erratic behaviors. So sad.

The rest of the cash might have gone to Casinos. We have about 6 of them within 1/2 hours travel time and she goes out late (after 8) and comes home in the wee hours of the morning and sometimes just before noon the next day. Strange. Leaves her 2 boys alone most of the time. THEY are good guys. One is almost 18 and the other 26 (with some disability) but both are independent and never cause a bit of concern.

She just has her 'ways' and I'm sad to see her move out except for the non payment of rent. Otherwise, she's perfect. Wish she would just approach me with 3 or 4 months rent in hand and BEG to stay. I would say yes. Hate to have to redo and re rent the place. Going to be a lot of cleaning, and fixing once I see it empty again.

Oh the JOYS of being a Landlord. If I didn't need the income, I would just let that house sit empty. Sigh. HOpe this all goes well and she actually vacates and doesn't make me have to do a real eviction. Not wanting to do all the legal stuff. I have all the documentation of everything, but it takes time and organizing it for the lawyer. Bah! Hope this episode of Sorta's Rental is soon over. blech


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1176931
02/08/19 03:22 PM
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What a hassle! luck


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1176934
02/08/19 03:44 PM
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i'd have to say you are dead on the money about the casinos.


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1179380
03/05/19 01:26 PM
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So she didn't pay February's rent. We went back and forth 'again' as to why, where the money was, etc. Too much of a tale to retell. I'm exhausted. So I gave her a choice, 1) I give her a 30 day notice to vacate 2) she gives ME a 30 day notice she's leaving on her own. Easy since it's a month to month and either of us can opt out, no foul, at the end of 30 days. She elected to give me notice and I waited for the month to end. Even gave her 4 extra days since it was a short (28 day) month. Then I added 2 free days just to be nice so her move out date was midnight on March 4th.

Is she gone today????? Of course not. Didn't even try as far as I can tell. Didn't let me know she wasn't moving, etc. Same story, lots of lies and accusing me of all sorts of things to make her feel better. Always someone else's fault with her. Darn. She's nice, the kids are nice, she just has a thing about not paying rent. Ugh!

So yesterday, we went back and forth on emails all day. I make sure everything is documented in writing, no face to face conversations that she could say I did something wrong. As of last night, I finally convinced her that a 3 day Quit notice would be good for her and me. Would give her actually 4 days to move, plus I kick in one extra just because. Then I hold off filing Eviction paperwork till next Monday and all will be well. She agreed to the notice and my other tenant/friend delivered it and signed all the right places so it could go to the court if needed.

So I'm taking bets on whether or not she will actually move out by Friday midnight? Any takers? Ha.


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1179390
03/05/19 02:42 PM
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If I were a better, I'd say she will NOT move out by Friday midnight! I'm always amazed that these people expect to live somewhere for free.


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Re: Sorta's Rental [Re: Sorta Blonde] #1179396
03/05/19 04:48 PM
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Actually Draclvr, I'm betting WITH you. I don't trust her at all, but hoping she will be scared of that Eviction since she has some sort of 'stuff' with the justice department already. So this morning, she bounced out at 8:15 am in the opposite direction she usually goes and hasn't returned. It's been SIX hours now that she's been gone. Probably at the Casino again, where I'm pretty sure she loses all her money. So I'm still gathering all I can for filing the Eviction with the further bolstering of my case that instead of going looking for a place to live she went out to play. Yep. Almost sure of it.


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