Issues with Neighbors

[Paul Novak]

I have been running into issues with the neighbors at one of my long term rental properties.  The property is great, the tenants are great, but unfortunately the property next door sucks.  We didn't have issues when we purchased the house last year or during renovations but since then the tenants have had constant issues.  The neighbors have constant traffic coming and going all hours of the night, it's believed to be drug traffic.  There are people constantly outside in the middle of the night.  The property is also becoming more run down with garbage left in the yard.

We did some digging ourselves and found out that this property is a rental property.  We found out who the landlord was and started by working with him directly.  I know if my tenants were causing issues I would want the opportunity to address these issues as a first step.  I believe the landlord's son lives in the property and is the problem.  The landlord is an older gentleman that doesn't seem to be taking any action.

We have moved on to the next steps of working with the Police and having the tenants work with the police to file formal complaints.  Up to this point the issues are continuing.  I think over the winter months there was less traffic but with the nicer weather coming back around the complaints have started again.  The tenants reached out to us today and copied us on the email they sent to the police.

Who else has delt with this and what actions did you take to remedy the situation?