The Princess

I am posting this mid-day, because I just got off the phone with a tenant.

Let me give you a little back story: This property is a 2 bed 1 bath (duplex) in the highest crime area in town. It rents for $350 a month, and the tenant pays the utilities. We rented to a lady (girl) who has a child, and was (claiming) to be leaving an abusive relationship. She asked for the basement to be cleaned out before she moved in, the cabinets to be replaced, and the carpet cleaned. She made sure we were aware that this property was "beneath" her

Our owner approved us to remove the trash from the basement, and clean the carpets. She was told that once she had some on-time payment history, we would work on getting her a new kitchen.

First month rent comes due, comes late, then we get a phone call the day she gets her 3 day notice: Her stove hasn't worked since she moved in, her shower is backing up, and she wants a towel bar rack and a toilet paper holder in the bathroom. The work is done, she pays almost all the rent. (She sent the plumber away at the door, saying we took too long)

Second month rent comes due, comes late, then we get a phone call the day she gets her 3 day notice. Moths ate her clothes and she had to buy a new wardrobe instead of paying rent. "What are [we] going to do about it?" "Well, darling, we are going to evict you if the rent is not paid by the end of the notice."

She calls the owner directly, and works out a payment plan before we can evict her. The day after she makes her first payment on the payment plan, her cabinets "fall apart" and have to be replaced. The work is done, a plumber is called back out because of a new "leak" in the basement.

Now, in our 4th month, she made her final payment on her "payment plan" 4 days ago, she still owes over $300 in late fees and rent (since one of her payments was not for the full amount). I get a call today telling me that the basement still isn't clean enough, and that we have been doing nothing but collecting her rent. She told me that she bets my place doesn't look like hers, and that since she is all caught up on rent, she wants her place done right. I mentioned that she still owed over $300 and she claimed it wasn't "rent." I also didn't mention that my apartment does not look like her because I actually pay my rent, and I pay 3 times what she pays monthly. 

So I have a maintenance guy going out to bug bomb today, lord knows how or when I'll be able to get someone to clean up the basement the way she wants. I'm not doing it. You can't "sweep and clean" a damp dirt basement.  She claims that she won't being paying rentuntil its done, and that she will be calling the owner and telling him the same thing.

I hope he lets us evict her this time.

End Rant