All Forum Posts by: Julie Kuczmarski

Thank you Greg M and Richard F. This information is extremely helpful!

I am not looking to charge any fees. Just guidelines that the tenant must follow about the ESA. I have looked over the HUD guidelines and am still unclear about whether I can institute these guidelines.

I also would like to find out of if I can require that the tenant's rental insurance include coverage for dog bites.

I have certain rules for pets that are included in my pet addendum. For example how they must behave, cleaning up pet waste promptly, pets can not be left unattended outside, tenants are responsible for flea infestations, etc. I understand that I can not charge a pet fee or pet rent for ESA. My question is can I apply the rest of my pet rules to an ESA dog?

If yes, do I just write up a separate ESA addendum with the rules? Is there anything that I can not include in those rules.? How do other’s handle this. BTW I am in NC.

TIA,

Julie Kuczmarski

I have tenants who have been living in one of my rentals for 3 years. Over the years, there have been multiple addendums, extensions and roommates moving in and out. Each one of these changes has been handled with an addendum or amendment to he original lease. The current lease is due to be renewed soon. Only one of the original tenants is still in place. The other two have been added through ammendments. Overall, I feel  that it would be best to just replace the existing lease with a new lease instead of adding another extension. The issue is that I have always shied away from a new lease b/c I am unsure of what verbiage to use in the new lease that still keeps certain things in place from the original lease.

Overall they are very good tenants and they always pay on time, but they are not the best housekeepers. One thing that I am very concerned about is making sure that the new lease holds all the tenants accountable for returning the home to the same condition that it was in when the first tenant moved in 3 years ago, with the original lease. Any recommendations for what verbiage should be added to the new lease to reflect that this lease is replacing the original lease and that the home must be returned in the same condition as it was when the original lease started.  It seems like it should be fairly straight forward, but since there have been multiple tenants in and out of the home, I feel like it is a little more complicated and I want to make sure that all my bases are covered. Also, what verbiage do you use about transferring security deposits when writing a new lease? Is there anything else that needs to be addressed when replacing an existing lease with a new lease that I have overlooked? 

kind regards,
Julie Kuczmarski

Hi. I purchased the NC lease from Bigger Pockets. Overall, I am very happy with it, but would like to make a few small changes to it. My question is what programs or software do you use to make changes to the document. I would prefer to work with the fillable pdf document  if possible, but have been unable to make any changes to it at all. TIA for your help.

Can anyone recommend an attorney to draft a lease in NC?