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All Forum Posts by: Glenda Barden

Glenda Barden has started 1 posts and replied 12 times.

Thank you all for your time and input.

Thank you all for your time and input.

Originally posted by @Karen Rittenhouse:

@Glenda Barden - Yes, you can sue. The attorney will probably want a retainer fee. Many charge $5000 to start a lawsuit. Check around for a good real estate litigator. Most attorneys will advise you, very few actually go to court.

If you get to court, expenses will go up. If you win, you will be way behind in expenses. The court may award you court costs, meaning your expenses need to be paid by those you sued. This process will probably take at least 18 months.

When (if) you win, you will be responsible to collect the winnings from the tenants and the property management company. Good luck with that. Courts do not collect your winnings for you.

One thing you'll learn as a property owner and a landlord is that you never want to get to court. Even if you win, you really don't.

I suggest you take everything you learned from this experience and move on to another property management company. It's always important to manage your own properties starting out so you know what to expect from any companies you hire and you can follow up to see that your processes are being followed.

I'm sorry this happened to you. Learn from it and put it behind you.

 Thank you for your time and insight.

Originally posted by @John T.:

@Glenda Barden Since every State has different laws, you should change you profile to display at least the State in which your property is located.  That might encourage people who are familiar with your State's laws to respond to your comments.

 That's a good idea. Thanks.

Originally posted by @Christopher Phillips:
@Glenda Barden

You shouldn’t have given them that level of authority.

I still review and sign all leases electronically that my property managers send me.

Thanks for your information.  However, I didn't know that I should have paid them the fee they asked for but, I still had to second guess their professionalism at the same time.  I didn't know how to be a landlord that's why I sort the help of a company I thought would be able to do that for me.  Can you understand that?

Well, the lease was between the property management company and the tenants, I did not sign it. Because I have a contract with the property management company giving them that authority.

However, to be clear you're saying that the property managenent company has no responsibilities in failing to get all signatures as I had requested and entrusted them to have my best interest?

Also, when I asked them why they didn't have all 3 of the adults sign the lease, I was told, " I had it on a sticky note that only one of them was going to be held responsible for paying the rent, however, we switched to a paperless system and now I can't find the note".  But, I haven't told them about this email that I found from them yet.

Originally posted by @Christopher Phillips:

@Glenda Barden

it's still your responsibility to check. All of the people that sign should be at the bottom of the lease and any addendum sheets.

Did you speak to your insurance company about covering for the physical damage?

 I really didn't think to double check after they asked me what I wanted and I told them what to do

Here's part of the email they sent me:

1.Will anyone else be named on the lease? (spouse or children?) Yes, I would like eveyone over 18 to be on the lease

I mean I really thought I was good to go with this company that has been doing this for years, but they really dropped the ball, right?

Well, I didn't get my insurance company involved in this, I had a move out inspection and I had the work they noted done.

Originally posted by @Matt K.:

All the ones you signed

Well I signed an agreement with the property manager for them to manage my property.  It's a basic management agreement between me the home owner and the property management company.  

Is there something specific it might say that could make a difference to sue or not?

Originally posted by @Matt K.:

What's the contract say...

 Which contract?