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All Forum Posts by: Celebra Queen

Celebra Queen has started 5 posts and replied 12 times.

Thank you so much for very informative answers! I appreciate time and efforts of Kim, Adam, and Ryan to provide such clear and informative answers! The tenant was served with 3 day notice to pay or leave and 30 days notice of non-renewal. 

I also appreciate very much of biggerpockets site and the whole community dedicated people of providing information and great answers for newbies! I am so happy that we found the site!

Thank you very much!

Hello, asking for help with the advise about new law signed by the governor that allows to evict squatters using sheriff's help. If the tenant extended the lease twice, but when it ended, he is still located in the house refusing to leave. We contacted the tenant by email, by texting, and once talking telling that he has to leave at the end of the lease, but now the tenant does not want to communicate and does not pick up a phone. His wife, who has her house 20 minutes away, is also coming to the house without a lease agreement. Are they technically become squatters now? We tried to find a proper form for the eviction notice - as, if I understand correctly, once eviction notice is posted, we could ask sheriff's office to help us to remove the tenant. So a question is - please guide me to the proper eviction form that indicate to leave the property as the lease ended. We are in touch with the attorney, but  I decided to check here to get a form faster if someone could guide to the proper form location. 

Do I understand correctly that we cannot turn the electricity and water off, despite that it is under the owner name, not under tenant?

Any other advise on how to proceed?

Thank you so much! They look good, but they are in PA, and I am in FL! But it was still very interesting to see the company! Appreciated!

Hi,

Could you please let me know what would be the best study material to prepare and pass the real estate license exam in Florida?

Thank you

Hi, I would like to ask for help to understand if somebody had the same problem with posting a room for rent using Facebook. The problem is that a few newly created FB users sent the same messages for room rental posting that my friend posted on FB. These users did not have any info at the FB pages except their names and they were new FB users. It was about 4-5 of such new users who sent their requests for the phone number. Below is their correspondence:

"Helen

Is this listing still available?

You sent

Yes, would you like to schedule a showing appointment?

Helen

ok i am interestead, can i call you?

You sent

yes, what is your phone number please?

Helen

Please give me cell phone number

You sent

XXX-XXX-XXXX

Helen

Thanks, I will send you a confirmation code to make sure this post is real

Helen

Can i send the code?

Helen

Yes or no

You sent

this post is real. Please do not send any confirmation or any other codes, as there are a lot of spam and I just block everyone who is spamming my phone. OK? Just call. Thank you"

Please let me know if you have any idea about who these people are and what they want. It looks like they had no interest in room rental but had some other plans. 

Thank you so much for your help!

Hi, my daughter purchased their primary residence in Fort Lauderdale with a conventional loan in November 2022, but she got a very good job offer and they plan to move to Texas by the end of April. What would be an implication of selling the house tax wise or is it better to rent the house because of the location? The house has almost no equity, so very little or no gain by selling as of now, but I do not think it would be possible to pay two mortgages, if they buy a new house in Texas without renting the first one in Florida. Please advise what would be the best steps for her to do? Thank you very much for your help! 

Quote from @Nathan Gesner:

1. The Tenant gave notice in "late January" that the lease would end February 28th. If they move out early, that doesn't change the lease termination date. Their lease ends February 28th and they are liable for rent through that date.

2. Your policy/practice should be to inspect the property shortly after Tenant vacates, regardless of when the lease formally ends. What if they turned off the heat in the middle of winter or accidentally left a door unlocked? You should always inspect right away, at least to ensure the home is safe and secure. Then you can go back for the formal inspection later. You also have a legal obligation to turn the unit around and try to find a new renter as quickly as possible so the previous renter can be released from liability. Had you inspected and cleaned right after they moved out, you may have found a new renter to move in on an earlier date, which would then allow you to refund a portion of money to the tenant that left early.

3. Don't get into arguments with Tenants. State your charges clearly with documented evidence. If the Tenant pushes back, respond one time with instructions on how they can appeal the charges and set a deadline for them to respond. If they respond, consider their appeal one time and then give them your final response. Once you give the final response, communication should end. Back-and-forth arguments won't do any good. If they believe you've cheated them, they can file in court (they rarely do, particularly if you've got documentation on your side).

4. As stated already, charges for missing/damaged items should be prorated based on life expectancy or depreciation. A $150 shoe table is probably worth less than $100 after a year.

5. You were over-charged for the toilet ($400 is on the high end, most plumbers can replace for under $300) and all your other repairs (roof, walls, A/C, sprinklers, etc.) have nothing to do with the Tenant and shouldn't be part of the conversation.

I would charge for all of February, as agreed. I would deduct for the cleaning, estimated repairs on the coffee table (maybe $100), and missing shoe stand (estimated $100) and call it a day. 


 Thank you very much for detailed answers on my post! So important! I agreed with your #5, that that part was not relevant to the post, but I wanted to vent about the overall situation, as it is not only one thing, but others also happened at the same time and it is so harsh at the moment!!!

I appreciate a lot this community for valuable information it provides! God bless America!

Yes, the tenant informed by the end of January they will not continue past February 28th, so the landlord knew that they need to rent the house again. Which is why it was showing twice in February. The showing was successful and new renters moved in on March 3rd, where their lease started. They paid for February with a check at the end of January.  It was only two days in between, which were used to clean the house and to move the furniture out. This is correct, the furniture, that was left to the first tenants was new, purchased just a few months before their lease started.

The furniture was new and purchased a few months before the tenant's lease started. It is maybe 14-15 months since it was purchased. The lease ended on February 28th (end of the month, as it become month to month lease), it only the tenant moved out in the middle of the month, as the tenant was pleased to move out. The problem that the tenant returned the key to the landlord, but the house was shown to new renters twice in February, when the new renters agreed to rent, signed the lease and moved in on March 3rd. There is no written agreement that the lease ends on February 14th! 

Thank you very much for providing your feedback!

Aloha, the notice was given at the end of January that the February is the last month to rent (the rent was paid fully for whole February), and the landlord was ready for that with no problem, but in the middle of the month the tenant told he did not live there any longer and returned the key. That was OK, but now the tenant wants to have half month rent to be returned - this was not expected, and it is not in the lease and never been signed with any documents. On March 1, the cleaning people came to do cleaning - it is mandatory per lease, as one cannot allow new tenants to move in, the moving company came on March 2nd to move the furniture, and on March 3rd the house was rented with new renters moved in.

I just look for the help to hear opinion/advises what people would do in such a situation, as it is so damaging to deal with all the demands. It just also accidentally happened that the moving company had a nerve to charge extra $500 to move the furniture in addition to the price they provided in the quote, the plumber charged $750 to replace the toilet (who did an excellent job and the price was mutually agreed by both parties), the roof has to be replaced and the dry walls have to be repaired, the A/C unit has to be replaced as it stopped working, the sprinklers have to be repaired very soon, and I just think the financial landscape changed dramatically since before covid time. Maybe because people feel lack of funds, so they try to charge whatever they could!