All Forum Posts by: Justin Case

Still waiting to hear...:

What brand did you use and where did you buy it?

Alexi,

Pick this book up from the liabrary or buy it. There is a new edition coming out in a few days.

EVERY LANDLORD'S TAX DEDUCTION
by Stephen Fishman -NOLO Publishing

This answered all my questions when I knew nothing. I still refer back to it weekly.

For me I keep it simple and use Excel.
I build my database how I want it and track what I want. I build calculated fields and I know how they compute for my sanity.

At the end of the year I run a pivot table to see my expense categories for the tax form. Takes less than a second.

Ya I know, but this will not show until they take her to court (after several months) and she will already be in her new rental.
The new landlord will have no idea.

What is the easiest and fastest way to check court eviction records?

So how can we be sure we are not getting the "rebound" tenants?

They can lie on the application and say they lived with a fam/friend for short term while looking for something.
No way for us to tell right away..

Just got back from fixing the few things.
The sink pipe is good as new cost only $30 total for new pipes/connectors.
The window frame is broke but I used a L shaped metal bracket piece to hold it together for now. I do not think it is a standard size window so it will probably be $$ to replace the bottom frame/part that lifts up. Looking at it it looks like someone tried to pull it up too hard. Maybe she locked herself out?

I raked the two units' leaves in the yards, 7 bags full, I waited a little long this year. I am thinking about chopping down the tree. It is about 50ft and drips tons of sap during the spring and summer and has tons of leaves. Also if I chop it down it could be another parking spot for a future tenant.

In the last two years this has been my only problem for four units besides some vacancy when I first bought them due to the economy. Not bad but I know this issues this week is tenant carelessness in this unit. Just very frustrating because I pretty much spent 7 hours (counting sitting in traffic) on this and I know there is going to be something else she is going to "try to fix" and then end up breaking. I told her not to touch anything and give me a call.

I talked to her and said she needs to get cleaned up. All the food was piled on the counter at least three days old and her kids room smelt like piss.

I will go back in her unit after the weekend to do an inspection and I will talk to the housing authority tomorrow.

I have a well off acquaintance who makes well over $120K and she just recently moved into a rental home from another previous rental since her kid wanted to move in with her.
Her kid moved out suddenly and she has just decided to not pay rent anymore. She has been asking me how she can get evicted so she can get a rental just for her. She wants something nicer, not as big, and downtown. She knows there are better deals out there. This is so messed up and pisses me off! She is taking advantage of the economy and screwing a fellow landlord/rental owner.
She has a rental out of state herself. She does not care if this eviction hits her credit because she just does not want this rental she has been in for only two months!

Beware! There are messed up disrespectful people out there!
Some landlord is gonna think they found a good rich tenant when she is actually a horrible person for doing this.
The new landlord will never know.
I am not helping her and I wish I could stop her from doing this. I just do not want to get in the middle of it!

Hi Mark and others,

Thanks for caring (:
I just got home from the unit.
I am not very happy and very frustrated.

The place was disgusting! Dirty clothes and toys everywhere and she knew I was coming so disrespectful not to clean up some!! But I see she does not care.
I opened a hall closet and it was full of blankets and it smelt like piss (no animals prob from her kid). Can I say something to her to clean up? She is section 8 so can I call the housing auth and have them inspect it? Luckily the floors are all laminate tile like in the big box stores and not carpet so it should be easier to clean.

Three walls were being used as a drawing board for her 2yr old kid.
I see several places where I will have to repaint already. (new paint last year)

The tenant broke the pipe under the bathroom sink by trying to take it off her self. It took some force to break off.
I went to the hardware store twice and am still not done. I have to make another trip up tomorrow to the unit.
The pipe connecting directly to underneath the sink broke at the bottom and the pipe length I need means cutting the new pipe and a new 1/2inch connector to fit. I did not have a saw with me. So I will have to go back tomorrow with a saw.

She cleaned the pipe herself after it magically broke and said there was fish tank rocks (she owns no fish tank) and nail clippers in the pipe. I told her I cleaned it right before she moved in and of course she said it was not her. What can I do about her breaking the pipe and denying this since I have no hard evidence that I cleaned it and she did in fact break it off? She said she came home from work one day and it was apart. Ya right is what I said.

The tub and the kitchen sink drained fine! I filled them up and let them drain twice. I asked her what the issue was. I never received a clear answer.
I bought the "Zip it" and it would not even fit in the tub drain. There are a few grills that would not allow this to fit which is good. This means less crap down my drain.

She had a broken window frame in the front window. I was there two weeks ago and it was fine. Just the frame is broke at the bottom, the part of the window that lifts up. The glass is fine besides all the tape she used to try to tape it up with.

Need less to say I am headed back tomorrow to fix the window frame and the pipe.

I am very frustrated since she lives like a pig sty. I do get rent on time so far the past 8 months. Of course she only pays 1/4 and the rest is section 8.

A few misc. things.
-Old car oil filter on the porch (she has no car)
-Old car battery by the trash
-Broken glass table I told her to pick up two weeks ago its right off the porch. dangerous! (I hauled it today)

How should I handle these issues? Fine her, give her a letter warning? Start weekly inspections?

My dad went with me and we both discussed that if I charge her for these things I will not get the money from her.
I am afraid she might just up and leave who knows in this economy??

I decided to rent to this section 8 tenant since the economy is down. She had good references and I am guaranteed most the rent from section 8. My unit was vacant for a few months could of been more. The area rentals were hit hard. New construction is renting $600 off - Same rent price I am getting for this unit. I talked to a few other landlords in the area this week and they are challenged with evictions currently. I rather have a broken $30 pipe and some random trash than empty unit..

Appreciate some feedback.

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Thanks for the replies.

No roots, Late 80s construction.
I do have something in there about the drains. It is in the Rules/obligations addendum. Basically they are responsible.
If I tell her to call the plumber she will try to fix it herself with drain-o or just leave it. I do not want that.

Of course the tenant says it was not her or her kid.

I will go by tomorrow to see what is up.