All Forum Posts by: Andrew B.

Hanging a reasonable number of items on the wall is reasonable wear and tear. If there is an unreasonable number of holes, you repaint the whole wall because the patches wont look right. You can bill them for painting the whole wall if there was an unreasonable number of holes, but painting one wall is typically cheap enough that you can let it go for good tenants. 

 You need to check your state laws and your lease. It is very likely that your rent increase cannot be effective on 1/1 and you have no leverage to get her out by 12/31 unless she does not intend to pay rent (at her current rate) on 1/1.

You need to know if your state requires 30 or 60 days notice and then send her a new lease with that effective date. Tell her if she doesn't agree to the new rate, she give notice to vacate and provide move out instructions. 

Sounds like PM doesn't like to do anything for noise complaints. It would be a shame if the offending neighbors got woken up at night by loud music coming from speakers held under their floor. In that scenario, the PM probably wouldn't do anything for them either. I bet Baby Shark would be an especially annoying song. 

Charging tenants an application fee before they see the unit is absurd, but are people actually doing this? I've never heard of somebody paying a fee before you even see the place, and I would tell anyone that it is more likely to be a scam. 

What happened to pre-screening? If you're not pre-screening you're wasting your time. 

If my largest expense after Milton was a $600 water bill, I would pay it and be grateful to be so lucky.

The correct process is to just call your bank and ask. However, I dont think you can remove PMI on an FHA loan

In most states that is considered an act of god and the property owner is under no obligation to do anything for you. There may be some exception if you previously identified that tree as dangerous/sick/etc and brought it to the owners attention. Right now I think your best bet is to call your insurance and go through them.

Sounds like your lease and your personal policies need to be refined. You should have followed through with the lease addendum, as that would have made this simpler. Now you have the burden of proving that your text message is legal proof that your lease was renewed (I wouldn't go to court with that argument). Failing that, your next option is to lean on your existing lease which appears to have two sections that disagree. I think you should let the tenant go and use this as a lesson to button up processes and fix your lease.

Your PM is so laughably wrong about this that I would consider reporting them if possible in your state. It is one thing to not understand FHA, that is what lawyers are for. But it is EXTREMELY negligent for a PM to give legal advice on FHA if they dont understand it.

You absolutely have to honor the leases. The old landlord's signature is equally as valid as though it were your own. If the leases are under market, it is your responsibility to reflect that in the your offer. If a lease was signed after you went under contract, you should ask the seller to give you a credit for the lost rent.