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Carlos S.
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • buffalo, NY
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Handling troubled tenant

Carlos S.
  • Residential Real Estate Agent
  • buffalo, NY
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So i thought i knew how to handle all issues with bad tenants until now.

I need your help on this one guys.

Tenant calls me about noon and tells me that somebody broke in her apartment and that it happened between 10 am and noon and that they broke in using the main front window right on the street,and this is a busy street!.

She called the cops and filed report,i come by, she tells me they took her flat screen tv, jewelry and money.

I come to the conclusion that whoever did it ,knew her somehow.Ok i then go and install two new windows.

Two days later a neighbor calls me and tells me that there is a big fight and i better come fast.

When i get there the next morning i find the door open with a big hole in it, the apartment all a mess and she is nowhere to be found.i was told there was a gang fight ,guys with bats,broken car windshield and all.and that most are in jail.

while im in the apt taking pictures,cleaning the mess and fixing the door she shows up and there i lost it.I told her that she can start packing all her stuff.
Well she goes about she have to get 30 days and all that.I sent her a 30 days notice.

I go there to the basement and find the water running for awhile,she is not home, i go in and the toilet float and handle are both broken and water is just draining non stop.another tenant told me it was like that for about five days.I go there fix that ,she comes home and i try to calmly talk to her.But she is in denial and says im just making up excuses to kick her out.

Now the other tenant calls me and tells me the troubled tenant is throwing a party in the basement tomorrow which goes against my policies.

My questions:

-Will the local police get involved if i tell the story?
-Was she entitled to a 30 days notice?
-Any recommendation on how to deal with this !

And by the way i just got a landlord reference statement to be filled by me as it appears she is looking for a place.

Thanks all in advance

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