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Rob K.
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Has a tenant or former tenant ever sued you?

Rob K.
  • Investor
  • Southeast, MI
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There's another thread going on about LLC vs. higher liability insurance.

I'm just wondering if any of you have ever been sued by your tenants? If so, what happened?

Some people are setting up an LLC on each house. I think that's going overboard.

Everyone is always so paranoid about lawsuits. I've had over 100 tenants and have never been sued by anybody (I'm knocking on wood right now). I know many landlords, but I've never heard of any of them being sued either.

I had one disgruntled tenant that I evicted threaten to sue me over an alleged illegal eviction. She wasn’t able to have me served as I keep a low profile and am not easy to find. After a bunch of nasty phone calls, I never heard from her again.

Also, if there's already a thread on this, I apologize. I didn't see one.

Just curious if anyone has any first or second hand stories about this very thing.

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