New to me 4unit with German roaches bad tenants...

[John Gach]

So just bought a 4-plex, it has 2 vacancy’s and 2 poorer tenants that are leased through an agency. Just got the keys a few days ago, so I cleaned the one unit a little, ended up seeing some German cockroaches, so with the current tenants I’m not sure if I should just evict them because if they’re dirty slobs, I’ll probably never fix the roach issue.

My plan with the building was to make it nicer and get more of a market rate rent for the units. It would have been nice if It didn’t have the roaches, then I would keep the tenants as I fix up the vacancy’s but now I think it would probably be best to kick them out because I’ll never be able to get a good tenant in there if I can’t get the roach infestation takin care of.

Thoughts?

[Jay Hinrichs]

never heard of roach's with a nationality.. been in houses though with those things scouring about.. its not by accident its the occupants way of living.