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Kayla Weigel
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How to Handle Challenging Tenant in 5-Bedroom House Hack

Kayla Weigel
  • Las Vegas, NV
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For context, we live in our primary residence and rent out the other rooms in the house.

One of the tenants has been causing issues with other tenants. One tenant already moved out, and another one is thinking of moving out because of this challenging tenant.

The challenging tenant has been inappropriately communicating with other tenants in several aspects

1. Communicating with other tenants unscheduled. One alleged instance was when another tenant was getting ready for work and the challenging tenant insisted on discussing a matter right there and then.
2. Using an aggressive tone during a past verbal confrontation
3. Using demeaning and sexual language during confrontations. The challenging tenant irrelevantly refers to the other tenant’s sex life when confronting them.

Multiple tenants have independently expressed similar complaints about the challenging tenant.

Reading the lease ( Copy of Lease ) more carefully, we realize now that it could be stronger in areas of being able to terminate the lease - a lesson learned for future tenant leases.

The challenging tenant’s lease ends in August 2024, but we were wondering if there is anything that we can do to terminate her lease early based on the lease that we signed.

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Nathan Gesner
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Nathan Gesner
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Quote from @Kayla Weigel:

I don't have time to read your lease and will accept your claim that it's weak.

My recommendation is that you give them a written warning that you have multiple complaints from the roommates and that this is their final warning. It is important that people feel safe and comfortable in their living space. One more violation will result in termination of their rental agreement.

Study roommate agreements and strengthen your rules. You can also keep everyone on a month-to-month rental agreement, allowing you to remove anyone with a 30-day notice.

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