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Nathan Gesner
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Would you keep this renter?

Nathan Gesner
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ModeratorPosted

Tenant lives in a 2bed/1bath apartment. She was given two weeks to clean the place. She removed a lot of stuff, but this is the end result.

She is very nice, pays like clockwork, communicates well, and never fusses. 

Would you renew her lease, or terminate? Why?

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Jerry W.
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Jerry W.
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The biggest problem with this tenant is actually not how they maintain the property, it's when they leave.  They will never be able to move all of this to their new address, and their damage deposit will never cover having to clean the place out.  Heaven forbid she gets a mouse or 2 in there, because suddenly you have 300 mice.  I have a hard time kicking folks out for any reason, but I let a kindly couple who hoarded food and other stuff and it took 3 weeks to haul everything out and get rid of mice.  It is hard to do because there is a mental illness issue here, but clean up or get out.  I hope things are going well for you other than this bud.  Stay warm.  It's 12 below zero here as I am typing this.

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