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Updated about 7 years ago, 12/24/2017
How to handle tenant/neighbor/property manager issues?
A little backstory, I bought the house in June and in November my property manager finally found a tenant through a charity that helps homeless people find homes. I was already not sure about this PM and have a thread on here where the consensus is that I should probably find a new one and do a better job of vetting... but until I get a chance to do that he's still the PM.
Apparently the tenant has a girlfriend (or wife, not sure) that is pregnant.
Now on to the problems: Within a week of the tenant moving in I started getting calls from neighbors. Police asking neighbors about who lives in my property, police showing up at my property several times... and then one neighbor calling me complaining the guy was in the street screaming at 4am. Just got another call now that my tenant was outside shoveling snow and started swearing and shouting at the neighbor.
Apparently neighbors have called the PM and he's very rude to them. After the first incident he told me he spoke to the tenant and the cops were called because she fainted in a store due to her medication and pregnancy...
I went to the police station and filled out a FOIA for all police calls ti my property, and basically the cops had been there three times in less than a month. All three were basically domestic disturbance calls. One was made by the wife, but when the cops showed up she said it was a reaction to her medicine and she didn't need their help anymore. Another was for a medical transport van reporting she wouldn't get out of the van, but again that had resolved by the time she showed up. In all cases they report hormonal issues because of pregnancy and medication interaction.
So not sure what I can, or even should do. I can't evict legally in my state, and I'm not sure I would evict a pregnant woman anyway! But I don't want my tenants to bring the neighborhood down and cause lots of problems with the neighbors.
I still need to meet with my PM to see what, if anything, he's doing about this but I don't even know if neighbors are calling him anymore due to the initial rudeness. Maybe I can talk to the charity and they can work with him somehow? Any other thoughts?