All Forum Posts by: Erin O'Connor Smith

Hi Jacob, I have the same question, what did you find out? Thx

Two tenants who are roommates have always been argumentative and difficult with me about following rules. I discovered they moved in two new roommates, a couple, under the radar a month ago. 

I agreed to screen the couple to potentially add them to a new lease jointly and severally with the original two, and found neither has adequate verifiable income, and one has no credit history at all. 

The original two will not agree with my terms to conditionally approve the couple, which are an additional 1-month security deposit (equalling 2 total) to cover my financial risk and a new 6-month lease vs continuing the month-to-month to have more stability. So, I delivered a 3-day perform or quit today to move out the unapproved occupants. I put it in an envelope and taped it to their door when nobody answered and took a video. I will follow up with a mailed letter. I would love them to all move out.

QUESTIONS:

1 Can I deny the couple's application for cause of non-verifiable income, when the original two have covered 100% of rent every month? I don't want non-qualified tenants there if the qualified ones move out!

2 Should I tell the applicant couple that there was a breakdown in the agreement over the additional security deposit and 6-month terms? @brandonturner says I need to send a letter telling applicants why they were denied. I've only communicated with the couple about their application, which I ran on apartments.com but didn't follow through with landlord verifications after seeing the income problems.

3 After 3 days (today is Tuesday, I believe that means Friday?) how do I successfully verify if the tenant performed my demand to remove the couple?

4 If not, then what? Move forward with filing an eviction?

Thanks to all of you with solid professional experience and advice to offer! I'm all ears.

Anyone still looking at this? Check out https://www.airbnb.com/e/realestate where Airbnb automatically sends you a cut of your tenant's Airbnb earnings. Easy peasy? Maybe!

Wondering how this all went/is going, @Michael Choi? My tenants in LA are approaching me with the same request. 

Nice! I like "30-day stay" on audible.

Take something off your list and ping me if you need remote help setting up your listing! I'm a highly experienced superhost, advertising creative director and copywriter for hire.

Please send me a message if you know one or are one!

Hi~ in my listing I mention that house tours can be found on our Insta so people have never asked for a video. We also post a floor plan in the listing itself. We have 5 stars in accuracy I think as a result.

Def check the laws around rights for tenants vs. guests, Airbnb customer service may be able to help! If you have weird gut reactions or see red flags, don't ignore them!

Take a pass on both. I also accept a double security deposit to cover the last month's rent in some circumstances.

I use apartments.com for tenant screening and lease creation and tenant's payment processing. I have some complainers too who use text but mostly email to write long ridiculous rants. I just noticed there is a maintenance and repair request submission form for tenants on the apartments.com website that I will give them vs. allowing to text and email me any old time. I am not a hotel concierge, and most items are minimal. I think I might also have a once-a-month handyman come out to the site (several single-family homes) and inform all tenants the week before that this is the time for reporting anything that may not be working properly (outside emergencies of course.)