All Forum Posts by: Judy Conrad

So, our regular plumber mentioned that the price of water heaters looks like it's going up significantly.  We manage about 250 doors and would like to know if it's worth it to become a Ruud dealer (or some such analagous affiliation).  Has anyone taken that kind of step as a hedge against inflation?

Ok, so I know those things.  They'll get 2 weeks to clean it up.  We'll evict them, no problem.  What I'm wanting is... what is clean?  If they are to have a goal,  what's that goal?  36" of walking space?   fewer than 1000 magazines on the coffee table?  I can find the coffee table?  You don't have to jump to the bed?  What would you tell them, even expecting them to fail, that's an objective objective.  "Dirty" is subjective.  So is "Clean."  They might think they are clean because they don't have any roaches or dead bodies.   How do I describe clean?  I'm looking for standards to set for them to pass or fail without them saying, "It's clean!"

So, bought a place that has a hoarder.  Because they are on housing assistance, we want to give them a chance to clean up before we evict them.  Yes, I know they probably won't and how I handle that is not the subject.  I'm looking for some guidelines:  if you had a hoarder and they sincerely wanted to mend their ways, what would your expectations be?  What can I put in a letter to explain to them what I would need to see to make me believe they have repented from their hoarding addiction?  

At this point, they have an 18" path through the unit for walking.  It doesn't smell (miraculously), and while I have little faith that they'll meet guidelines, I do need to articulate some guidelines for them to fail.  

So, what would you tell them they have to do?

Thanks!