All Forum Posts by: Jimmy S.

Hi, got another story

Tenant signed 1 year lease with lease auto renew for additional 1 year if tenant does not give 30 day notice. 3 years later I get a text saying they will be moving in 3 to 4 weeks and last month rent can only be used the 11th month of lease expiring and move out.  We are 4 month into the 12 month auto renew.

I was nice and let my tenant use last month rent for December and they moved out and gave keys back on the 10th of dec but they also cancelled the utilities.  I billed them for the gas bill from dec 11 to 30th before finding a new tenant move in on the 31st. It was $95. 

They also broke the lease and moved out and they should have got nothing back but I tried to be nice I gave them $300 back which they did not cash the check yet. security deposit is 965 and last month rent is 965

Is this legal to do to charge my tenant for a utiltiy bill after they canceled it? I had to put it back in my name or ugi would shut off gas and pipes freeze. My lease states my tenant is responsible for the utilities. They now called and are very very mad and screaming at me and then hung up the phone and said they will sue me.

I also feel like putting a stop payment on their refund after trying to be nice.

Just wanted to get your input.

I already replaced the toilet. It is city water and the tenants pay the water bill. I never had this problem with any of my other tenants before at the house.  I have a feeling they never cleaned it since the rest of the house was not that clean either.

The toilet was spotless when they moved in about 3 years ago. They moved out and its looks like this. I have tried everything to get these stains out and no luck. Only option is to replace it which I did myself.

Is this concerned normal wear and tear or should I bill them for the toilet? $95.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks everyone.

Yes everything is covered in the lease. I did get first, last, security upfront and its a very good area and very nice house.  $965 x 3 upfront.

I wont lose any money unless its vacant until around January 15th. I guess the bottom line is its not my job to inform them and its there job to read the lease we all signed.

Thanks everyone, makes me feel better. I just need to stand firm and tell them to read the lease.

HI everyone. Need some advice here.

Tenant is been there 3 years and was always on time. The lease states It is a 1year lease and will automatically renew if 30 days written notice is not giving at the end of the lease ( Only told them this when we signed the lease and went over everything before signing) I got a text from them few weeks ago, 6 months into the new lease and they said they bought a house and will be moving in a few weeks. I told them I would let them use their last month rent for December. I still have their security deposit. I did a showing a few days ago and the place looks ok. They messed the railing up on the wall and also seen scratch marks on the one cabinet so they must have had a pet. Lease clearly states no pets. Also they cancelled the utilities on 12/10 so I will be stuck with them now. Also they said a scrap person took the lawn mower by mistake I have provided them so Im out a lawn mower to

What should I do? Its going to be vacant till i can find someone but they will be upset if I keep the security deposit also but they did brake the lease several ways.

Thanks

Thanks everyone for your input.

They have moved and I found this when we did the final walk through. My lease does state no pets but we did talk about IF they got a pet they would need to notify me first so I could approve it and would also need to pay pet rent, however they did not.

Property is in a very very good location and I was thinking about selling it. Its worth about 140,000

Hello

I have 3 bedroom doors that all look like this.  I used a wood marker and it seems to help out alot . How would you charge them for this? It will take me a long time to do 3 doors or should I get a estimate from someone else.  I dont mind doing it my self but im not doing it for free and not sure how to charge them.

thanks

My income is about 45k after they add back in everything for the year.

Right now my income is an issue. I cant even cash out my rental even though they have like 50% equity. The bank says I cannot afford to pay it back. My DTI is about 60% and not sure how they calculated it since im self employed also and that really complicated things.