All Forum Posts by: Christine Taylor

Rebecca Belnap thank you! The title company was suppose to record the issue and didn't. My agent has written a letter of disclosure for the new buyer. So far, a non issue

Thomas S. That's very untrue. Since then I've rented to tenants with much looser qualifications and haven't had any issues. It's a gamble either way

We can do all the math, credit checks, point systems, etc.... There is nothing that predicts that the tenants will be good or bad because of the "human" factor If the tenant signs a year lease they believe they are more protected when trying to evict. If they are on a month to month then it changes their belief of being protected. I'm a hard *** landlady and have, in the past, dealt with squatters telling me their rights, squatting while trying to do the eviction process. My viewpoint on rights has changed. My last squatter (3years ago) I started the eviction from non payment and went inside to do an inspection. They completely destroyed my place. I took everything of theirs and put it in storage (I paid their first month) and then I changed the locks. Took a lot of pics too. They threatened me and told them to go pound sand. I got new tenants in right away and the tenants fixed up the place (I gave them discounts) and they've been my great tenants since then. Their credit scores were 513 and 620 and they had one eviction 6 years prior....they are the best tenants I've ever had!

Yes, month to month you can terminate the lease with a thirty day notice. I've had great success in doing leases this way in the beginning. It's harder to do the 3 day eviction process (and more expensive). People don't respond well to 3 days but, they do with a 30 day. Like I said, I've had tenants with great credit and financial backgrounds who damaged my property and either paid late on rent or didn't pay and when served a 3 day they would squat. By doing the month to month I simply tell them that they can earn a yearly lease by taking care of the place, paying rent on time, being neighborly and notifying me about any repairs. Why lock a bad tenant into a yearly lease that's harder to break.

The new owner won't return my calls and I talked to him over a year ago about buying the lot. He wants to build a duplex in the lot. I've owned the property since 2004 and the shed has been there for over 20 years. What leverage ideas do you have? My property manager thinks I ought to send an invoice to him for mowing every week😂. It seriously is a fire hazard to my property if we don't mow.

Put them on a month to month lease and if there is a problem you give them a 30 day instead of having to go thru a 3 day eviction process. After a year, if they prove to be good tenants then offer a year lease. I've had low income tenants that were amazing! I've also had tenants that had a strong financial background who were late, messy and damaged my property. I inspect my properties when I collect rent in person. I keep in close contact with all renters. I do reference checks on all tenants. Doing our homework on potential tenants is great but, doesn't reveal the "human" factor in most cases. Set firm boundaries in writing on the lease.

Thank you for the Utah law information! I'm trying to find a solution for the buyer of my duplex. She is a first time buyer and want her to have a positive experience. I don't want the owner of the vacant land to come after her regarding the shed crossing into his property line.

Yes, it's an encroachment not easement🙈. Ayiyi Also, we've been mowing the vacant land since 2005. I recently learned that in some states mowing another owners land for over ten years may give claiming rights. I'm checking into the Utah law now. If I can get the owner of the vacant land to give me that property line that the shed is on then all is good.

The shed is about 3 feet into the vacant land. The shed is on my property and was built attaching my garage. The shed was meant for storage to serve tenants in the duplex. The previous owner sold me the duplex and put in writing with my realtor that he would remedy the issue.

I contacted the title company to have them try and find the agreement.  10k is a rough estimate because the shed is attached to my garage and it's also on a cement pad.  Lawyers cost a lot of money and trying to resolve this in a more effective way.  The new owner is not returning my calls and I'm thinking I may file a suit and have him served.  However, I have only 15 days to resolve this before closing