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Updated almost 10 years ago,
HELP ! My inherited tenant is an DEADBEAT!
We just finished renovating 1/2 of our latest duplex - see newbie rental diary#3. Problem is that the other tenant wants his place fixed up too and is complaining about EVERYTHING he can find. He says there are bugs in the apartment so we have the exterminator spray his place and FUMIGATE the empty unit. Then he complains about the smell of the spray. Then the sprayer on the kitchen sink doesn't work so I replace it. Then there are 2 broken windows and the apartment is drafty, so since we were replacing windows next door, I decided to replace all his windows too, at no charge. Then he says the floor in the kitchen is uneven... It's not!... there's a crack in the ceiling... It's along a sheetrock seam! No big deal and it's not getting bigger. I offer to have my painter fix it AND paint the 2 adjoining rooms. When the painter shows up he won't open the door! I call him and tell him the painter will come again in 2 days. When the painter comes back, he won't let him move the furniture to paint! Today we had a refrigerator delivered and he parks his car so the delivery guy cant bring the fridge to the door! It never ends with this guy! Mind you, he had just signed the lease when we bought the building so all those problems were already known to him. Not to mention his rent is $450 which is $50 -$150 less than anything similar in the area. How do I get rid of this guys and his pregnant wife ? Should I just let him out of of his lease? We live in George. Can I evict them for parking in the wrong areas? HELP PLEASE!