Tenant - Dog, Junk and Not Nice Issue

[Chan K.]

Hi BP Friends,

I would like to discuss and brainstorm on something that has been troubling me when I inherited my tenants.

When I bought my Quad, I inherited 4 families from the previous owner. The two families are section 8 and the other two are non-section 8.

The two section 8 families are having a bit of friction toward each other.

Both section 8 families have kids.

I am OK with one of the section 8 for next, she complaint a lot, but she keeps the house clean and she listens.

I HAVE a problem with the other section called him "Problem-8". He leave a lot of junk and trash in the common area where his floor is located.

In my building, there are two entrances, the front (main) and back entrance. Prior to my taken over, Problem-8 uses to block the front entrance and let his god poops in the front porch. His family makes a lot of noise. My others tenants complaint about it and they even called the police on him. My others two non-section-8 families are intimidated of Problem-8. Also, Problem-8 has been living in the building the longest like 8 years.

My wife and I told Problem-8 to keep the noise down and within the allowable hours, don't block the front entrance and don't let the dog poops on the front porch. We don't live there, so it hard to monitor the request.

We also would like to have him clean his common area. We also would like to have him stops dominating the parking lot. Him and his wife are not friendly. When we first introduced ourselves to them, they did not offer us a seat and his wife did not talk to us. I thought it was rude and strange. Problem-8 was first uncomfortable talking to us, but then he got warmed up at the end as we were fixing/cleaning around the house. At the end, we feel very uncomfortable confronting him about the junk/trash and parking lot issue. He is a TAW, so we can practically tell him it is over.

Any thought out there what I should do - let him go or leave it be.

[Derrick Craig]

LET HIM GO!!! If you don't you will end up losing the other 3 tenants. If he doesn't get his act together.