My renter's Junk City

[Sam M.]

I wanted to post this photo and share my experience. It's pretty funny now that I look at it. The area is Rubidoux (a small low income area in Riverside CA). This tenant paid rent every month on time. However she was putting things in the back yard. I let it go for a while but it slowly grew. The photo shows what she had when I finally got rid of her. The weird thing is that I didn't have something specific in the lease that would allow me to evict based on the rubbage in the yard. I evicted her on the basis of her dog being tied up. None of this stuff was there when she moved in.

Later it looked like this... 

When you look at the pile she created, it's actually a home. It has a patio and bedroom, garage, off street parking places and even a pool!

I call it "Barbie's Palace". I can laugh about it now. Lesson learned: Never allow tenants to accumulate things in common areas. Cover that in your leases.