All Forum Posts by: Alisa SantaAna

I have an inherited tenant who believes if things were damaged or missing at the time of my purchase, that they are absolved of responsibility for cost of repairs. 
The original lease states tenants responsibility for all repair costs and that the landlord is not responsible to fix damage caused by negligence. 

Of course the original walk-thru document was not given, nor photos. But the lease states everything was in working order and followed all health and safety codes. 

It’s my understanding they would still be liable but with no visual proof I fear my tenant is a professional BSer because she is now trying to force me as the new buyer to fix all of the damage caused. She got the city involved and gave them a long list of damages she expects to be fixed. 

She is also month-to-month and there are other adults and animals living their not on the lease. Which is grounds for eviction in itself. 

I’m worried she will scream retaliation when she gets her non-renewal notice at the end of the month.. Help!

At this point I just want her out so I can gut it and find a normal tenant. 

Thank you all for the responses. To add, the tenant now hasn’t paid rent yet. So, as much as I’ve enjoyed my inherited renter I think the time has come to say goodbye. I attempted contact again with no response. From the initial phone call it sounded like a faulty igniter which is a relatively easy fix. Ive planned a handyman visit to the property in the next 24 hours to get it fixed. Thank you for your guidance

@Jeff Willis thank you. I feel the same in that something more is amiss than what was initially communicated.

It’s winter in MN and my renter contacted me about a non-working stove with smell of gas. I’d tried calling and messaging/ email through cozy next day and several days later to get more details on the problem and stove itself with zero communication back from the tenant. This began 2 weeks ago with no further communication by them. After 5 days of no responses I assumed the issue had been resolved. Today I get a call from the city that there is a concern by the tenant regarding neglect.

This is my first rental and am learning the hard way but I feel I’m starting on defense with them having contacted the city before allowing myself to fix the issue. The tenant has been an issue each month since purchasing in July 2019. There are also other violations of the lease at hand.

Suggestions? They are month to month renters and I am debating non renewing the lease so I can just get in the property to fix what may be wrong. The majority of issues stem from them not cleaning and is causing more expensive fixes of plumbing/ hvac. Would this impinge on their renters rights? I’m not trying to retaliate by any means but I’m not sure how a problem can be fixed if the complaining party doesn’t give more information or agree to a time I can assess the issue and thus fix it.

Thank you all!