All Forum Posts by: Christy Miller

The first thing I did was to verify her job and income. That’s when I started to let my guard off and things just went south...

Thank you all for your kind advice. My attorney asked me to fix the heater as it’s considered uninhabitable condition, and we can start filing right after. I have learned a lot from BP from the past week and really appreciate everyone’s input.

I’m waiting for the 3 day notice to expire before filing for UD, also on the hunt for the attorney who dealt with her case before. In the mean time I have to send the same contractor for the heater ugh.. This tenant really opened my eyes, as many mistakes we have made, the only thing I was able to really verify was employment, she doesn’t have a “professional” job but she’s making decent $ and drives a 2017 bmw. I just couldn’t imagine why ppl with a decent job behaves this way, but I know better now, never make preconceptions on anything and follow the book no matter what.

Thank you for your advice, it also makes me feel much better. It’s only over a month since she moved in and her first month’s rent bounced, didn’t pay for the 2nd (overdue two days ago). The 2nd notice was for the 2nd payment. It’s a lesson learnt the hard way, we’ll surely be more thorough with the screening process going forward. The house was newly remodeled, there was a general house inspection and repairs were done accordingly before she moved in. For both times “maintenance”issues only came up the day after we have served 3day notice, she just needs a place for free. I’m having a hard time convince myself of the “cfk” idea with her, maybe for someone that has a genuine reason. But she lied on her application, provided fake credit report / maybe also paycheck, had multiple evictions in the past.. plus I have a sense she’s going to demand 2mth+ rent (legal fees are ~2/3 rent), and I won’t be able to get over it easily.

I’m a newbie landlord in Cal and have already served the 3 day notice twice with my very first tenant, I’m still in the early stage of this painful eviction process.

Tenant claimed heater broke down the second day after I served the 3 day last month. My attorney suggested to get the heater fixed before filing for UD even she didn’t pay within 3 days... Had the heater “fixed” (I believe she broke it) and received payment 18 days after due date, of course no late fees included. She was quiet and ignored my reminder on rent/ deposit until I served the 2nd 3 day notice on Sunday.

She was fuming and claimed the notice was illegal and demanded a discounted rent because the condition is so bad (not clean upon move in, leakage from fridge, kitchen faucet leakage that he had to fix herself blah blah). Then guess what, the heater broke down again today, day 2 since notice, one week after the repair. 

I have scheduled a call with my attorney tomorrow for suggestions. Although I feel very strong to proceed with UD this time, so will see what attorney says. The other thing I just found out was she’s been evicted before and I can track down who the attorney was, do you think 1). Is it better to work with the attorney who evicted her in the past and 2). Is it common to proceed UD with the nonsense repairs ( outstanding repairs) the tenant’s claiming, surely everyone has common sense sees what’s going on?

I know legal* advise should come from my attorney but eager to hear your thoughts please, also need to vent a little bit...

Thanks for the reply, I’m following my attorneys advice and will try to push the repairs. I guess I’m a bit over worried and hope to hear about other ppl’s experience.

We have made a huge mistake but long story short... he’s a “professional tenant” and knows the system pretty well. We served a 3 day notice and ready to let the attorney file UD. Then tenant claimed heater broke down. Repair might take some time maybe weeks as they need to order parts. Attorney wants to wait until everything’s fixed in order to stay away from the “uninhabitable” claim before he’s willing to file UD. I’m pretty sure something else is coming up after the heater’s fixed and it’ll be non stopping, also it’s getting warmer in north cal.

Is it a really bad idea to carry out UD process when there’s outstanding repairs going on?

We have made a huge mistake but long story short... he’s a “professional tenant” and knows the system pretty well. We served a 3 day notice and ready to let the attorney file UD. Then tenant claimed heater broke down. Repair might take some time maybe weeks as they need to order parts. Attorney wants to wait until everything’s fixed in order to stay away from the “uninhabitable” claim before he’s willing to file UD. I’m pretty sure something else is coming up after the heater’s fixed and it’ll be non stopping, also it’s getting warmer in north cal. Is it a really bad idea to carry out UD process when there’s outstanding repairs going on?

We have made a huge mistake but long story short... he’s a “professional tenant” and knows the system pretty well. We served a 3 day notice and ready to let the attorney file UD. Then tenant claimed heater broke down. Repair might take some time maybe weeks as they need to order parts. Attorney wants to wait until everything’s fixed in order to stay away from the “uninhabitable” claim before he’s willing to file UD. I’m pretty sure something else is coming up after the heater’s fixed and it’ll be non stopping, also it’s getting warmer in north cal. Is it a really bad idea to carry out UD process when there’s outstanding repairs going on?