My rental's trees are hitting the neighbor's house.

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The neighbor to one of my rentals wrote me a letter claiming that my rental's trees were hitting her roof.  She wants me to trim them up but that could get expensive. I'm pretty sure that the law states that even if a tree is on my side, their insurance would still cover damage if it's on their side. What should I do?

[Ned J.]

Trim the tree.....

Insurance and the law only comes into play if there is some significant damage....like a big branch damaged her roof or the tree fell and crushed her car etc....

Trim the tree....... that's normal yard upkeep..... its a pretty basic cost of doing business as a landlord.....

So unless there is a ton of damages and you need to start talking insurance claims, be a good neighbor and landlord and trim the tree and move on....