All Forum Posts by: Anthony Hurlburt

All you options sound illegal. Your best option is to offer cash for keys. You made your bed with poor screening now you have to figure out a legal way out of it.

You are allowed to limit the number of people in a room when you are living in the same house. It is more complicated when you are renting out a dedicated rental unit.

Which one completed and returned all of the information to you first?

Yes, I would respond. In today's world reviews are very important and a non response usually will feel like an admission to the general public.

@Greg M. is correct the 2+1 guideline is just the simplest metric that is easy to follow. The real story is much more complicated. As he says square feet can also play a role. 

https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/DOC_35681.PDF

Check your local laws, they may have max capacities that you must follow. If they don't, then Fair Housing Act allows two per bedroom plus one, so 7 would be allowed in your 3 bedroom. Previous posters that are suggesting stricter limits than this should verify that their local laws allow the limits they are putting on their rentals or they are in pretty clear violation of the Fair Housing Act.

Your best bet us to check your state and local laws regarding this. There isn't a national guideline on this, it varies according to where you are.

You should carry reserves not the PM. 

Do you also want to tell them they can't wash their dishes in the sink if they have a dishwasher?

Do they have a lease in place? If they do you need to follow the guidelines that are set out in the lease. If they are month to month 90 days notice is great, just put it in writing.