What am I walking into with these feuding neighbors?

[Roxanne McClain]

What would you do?

I’m working on a deal and we are close to closing it. I find out the tenants have serious problems because one of the tenants dogs ran into the other tenants yard and bit their dog causing permanent damage.

A little cheap wire fence was thrown up, but the tenant with the injured dog is extremely upset that the previous landlord didn’t do anything about the issue and asking me to resolve it.

I have no idea how to handle this? The other landlord just did nothing, so the problem will still be there.

Evict all tenants with a no dog policy? The whole lot has dogs.

Inspectors and appraisers have been paid. The bank is involved and now this? How do I address it so I don’t wind up being the one that’s bit.

Can I even evict over something that happened before owning the properties? These are all paying tenants that have been in place for 3 and 4 years, so the properties would be turn key..

[Dennis M.]

Sounds like you either enforce your lease with a no dog policy or put up a fence or barrier . If this is a major dilemma for you then self managing is going to be a long hard road for you