All Forum Posts by: Ali BenAyed

I offered a 4 year lease which has 2 years left and now I’m trying to get out of it with the least of problems. The tenant is excellent, they pay on time and keep the house in a good condition, except that I suspect they recently added a 2nd dog when the lease agreement has only 1 dog. The current lease is $1330/month including the 1 dog rent and similar units are getting rented for up to $1600/month for a more renovated unit and a pet rent of $50/month per pet. The lease agreement has a mistake in its phrasing that could be void the contract. Although I still need to consult with an expert in contract laws but the contract can be voided for having 2 contradicting phrases. And I don’t have prove the tenant has 2 dogs, but I can have witnesses who saw them and social media stories. I’m not sure how to proceed. Any ideas how to be able to increase rent?

Hello, 

This tenant request to repair dishwasher is strange to me, and I need more opinions about this. Backstory: I lived in this house more than 2 years and I used to use the dishwasher almost everyday with no problem. 
the tenant text “Hi Ali! We have a bit of plumping issue or something going wrong. I’m not entirely sure. We never use the dishwasher. We always handwash our dishes and use the drying rack because the dishwasher never thoroughly washed the dishes when I originally moved in. Plus i prefer hand washing. When we got home this evening from work and daily activities we smelled this awful odor coming from the kitchen. We inspected and come to find out it was water piling up in the dishwasher. Angelica [the girlfriend] said that perhaps it could be the garbage disposable pipe? This water looked like it has been piling up for awhile. Could you have a plumper come out and look at it sometime over the weekend? Or early next week?”

Hello BiggerPockets members,

My tenant wants to add someone for 3 months as a trial period, she says. I couldn't find anything online about this. Does anyone have an idea how to go about it?

Thanks,

Ali

My tenant wants to add her girlfriend but she says. She says her girlfriend had bad credit because her mom added her to lease without knowing and failed to pay. For that reason, her girlfriend doesn't want to be added to lease. What would you do? This is in Montgomery County, MD. 

I have seen this question before in BP, but the answers weren’t satisfying.

I screen potential tenants using SmartMove website by transunion. 

One applicant had been flagged with “invalid SSN”. How would you check that?

Thank you all for help! 

Why would I pay someone (CPA or online tool) to form an LLC when I can do it by myself using the IRS website?