All Forum Posts by: Heather S.

Thanks!  I hear you on the drama. This one was a little over the top tricky so I'm trying to stay out of it.  8 more payments and I may let my oversensitive one go and not renew the lease.  Its been a bit more than I expected with that one.  FIngers crossed the market stays strong here in St. Paul MN..  and that the german emersion school gets me on the list for teachers traveling into the us from Germany.  Kindof think that may be a good tenant pool. 

OOF!  I haven't been thrilled with their interface compared to cozy either. What other sites are people using?

Hey - please also tag me if there are other forums on this topic.  I can't find any that have a lot of actual advice.  Here's the story..  

Triplex.  2 tenants REALLY dont get along.  One is over sensitive and one is over loud.  Its been 4 months and its not subsiding.  I mean this is really a headache and not working out.  I get calls about people hitting the celing and the upstairs folks bouncing nerf balls at 9pm at night.  Sunday PM - yes during superbowl.  Downstairs tenant pounded on celing with broom, upstairs tenant went down and her dad (who doesn't live here) was there and went with her.  Downstairs tenant and upstairs get into a yelling match.  Dad says "dont talk to my daughter like that" and downstairs tenant says something to him.  Upstairs tenant got madder at downstairs tenant for talking to he dad that way and tried to punch downstairs tenant.  She missed.  She called me and said she wants to move out early and was angry.  I need to call her back today since I asked her to wait a couple days and calm down so we could connect.  The downstairs tenant said he'd like to talk about it and see if they can work it out.  

Here's my plan

1.)  I'm going to suggest they talk and see what she comes back and says 

2.) If shes still feeling anxious and upset about the monitoring and his comments about her and her kids "sounding like a herd of elephants" (and its been 4 or 5 times now) I think it makes sense to let her move out - do you guys?

3.) AND If I let her move out early - do I make any concessions to the move out clause > 60 days notice + one month rent + 50% of deposit forfeited?  Was thinking I'd keep the 60day + 50% of deposit and waive the additional fee just to get her out and get some peace.  

Would like feedback/ideas/suggestions please!!!!

@Ryan Chatman I live in mpls and my next door neighbor has a split.  Its great MOST of the yr. She had issues though this month (Jan) due to the subzero temps.  Other than that her tenant has loved the AC in spring/summer & the heat was fun spring/fall/part of winter. Snow doesn't seem to be an issue as it was installed off the ground. 

@David K. Did you end up replacing the boiler?  Im in a sort-of similar space.  I've had repair people out 2x to work on the boiler on a triplex I just bought in August.  Boiler is 30ish yrs old and probably is on its last leg.  Didn't really plan on having to replace and my capx fund isn't going to cover it, I had $ earmarked for other things, but am debating if I should do that now or do something like you did and add Home Service Plus to limp it through or bight the bullet. 

@Ryan Chatman Are the splits electric?  I think I've seen those for AC but wasn't sure how well they worked for heat in the winter..  you guys get a lot of cold and snow right?  Do you have any issues in the winter?

Hmm..  I've been looking to network and find people that I are investors in small multi-family in mpls/st.paul.  I'll check out the meetup..  Just curious who local MN folks use or recommend for lawyers and tax people that work with investors.  After reading the bigger pockets books on taxes I'm on the hunt to find someone thats a good fit for me that is local as well as good groups!

I appreciate to feedback. I do have quiet hours, I did mention to the new ones it was pretty quiet, when I've been there it has been the case. I also told the new tenants I'd talk to the upstairs tenant and remind them of how loud it is.  I just got another text and its 915pm. I am new so am figuring this out. Agreed I dont want to play mediator but since I engaged once,  I dont want to ignore texts. I did just leave a message for the upstairs tenant letting her know the mention it and asked if she had rugs/rug pads.  She's really nice but I inherited her when I bought in aug and don't remember if she has rugs. Any other great ideas to de-escalate? Should I offer to buy rug pads? 

Wondering how people deal with tenants in small units (tripex) that complain about noisy footsteps.  Just had a new tenant that moved in a week ago, sent me a text at 10pm that it was loud and could I talk to the upstairs tenant.  What advice do you guys have?  What have you done in these situations that worked?

You guys are hilarious!  I had a previous tenant "record the loud clanking that was waking her up" it was completely disturbing her sleep and she needed me to stop it. I listened to her 3 recordings..  its the waterpipe from the bathroom above her unit.  Told her what it was and she asked if I could discount her rent so she could afford to go to a counselor so she could sleep better.   Glad to hear I'm not the only one who shakes my head sometimes..  (and no she was not a college kid)

@Ashley Herring Thanks for responding.  I'm waiting for the final response.  Everything else seems to line of for this possible tenant + the other one thats applying with him is good.  Just a little leary about this type of situation in my property.  Sounds like you've worked through a lot of scenarios - so would you say this would not make you worried?