All Forum Posts by: Kar Sun

 Ok, you can have your opinion. If you will tell your lawn man that he is coercing you into cutting you lawn and that he makes you sign a contract under "duress" I do not think he will come back to you. You are basically accusing him of wrongdoing and some legal misconduct. This is what my tenant has done. I am not emotional. I am just stating the obvious. Having a tenant in your property that despises you and thinks you are stealing extra $400 monthly spells trouble. This person will most likely keep placing all sorts of calls and issues. The problem is that he is highly volatile and emotional about this price hike when he can afford it. That is not how mature people behave. And, yes, I do expect my tenant to be grateful because he gets a nice place to live while paying 700-800 below the market rate.

 Good points. I will just let him now that I will not renew so he does not have to bother to get me the offer form back. I won't do an eviction as there is no need at this point and he had about 70 days to the end of his lease. 

 Thanks. But I do not want him. Not for the discounted offer, not for a full price. He is highly unhappy and those people do not make good tenants. He wants me to be losing the income where he can save more money. Then I will be good. It does not work for me. 

 Yes, I would not be happy either. But then I would make the decision whether I wanted to pay and keep my lifestyle or size down and get used to less convenience, comfort, and amenities. It is that simple. I would not tell my landlord that he is "a money grabber", and his property is not worth it, and that his raise is laughable and ridiculous, and that he will sign under "duress". It is called emotional immaturity. All he has to do is to look at the prices of properties and rents now to see that he is getting a steal. He is also a person of means. He is not some poor Joe that has to work at the store as a cashier or deliver pizza. He just wants what he wants and his model of business and conduct no longer works for me. It is that simple.

 Thank you. You got it right. I scheduled a call with him as sending him certified letters is useless because he is away most of the months this summer. He does not respond to the messenger system in a tenant portal and he does not respond to email. He may respond to texts. Although he has to send the form back to me by July 1st I will convey the message to him during the call and send  communications regarding non renewal via messenger and email at the same time for archiving purposes. He is mostly concerned about his own business and now I can definitely see that his obligations to me are not the priority. There were couple of other things I did not pursue like him not getting the renters personal liability insurance to the limit I set and a persistent refusal to report issues via a ticketing system (because he is too busy). He got into a habit of texting me and I was going along with it despite my contract saying otherwise. 

 I am not looking to renew my lease with him after he expressed his deep dissatisfaction and disappointment. He also stated that if he signs it will be under "duress". I cannot have any tenant on my property who uses such words. It is a legal term and I do not want to have anyone on my property who feels that way. It is a trouble in making. My gut says No. And I will follow it. 

 Thanks Wale. My decision is final. And I actually won't renew his lease after he told me all the "compliments" for my outstanding service. I would rather rent it to someone who loves the property and appreciates my work.

 They are sure dim wits and useful idiots. They vote for more taxes, more regulations, more three letter agencies. When the bureaucracy gets huge, costly, inefficient. Everything gets more expensive, services degrade, too many laws, regulations chocking the small business owner and essentially destroying the middle class. On one end these agencies create tougher useless rules, on another end they allow for more problems so that they can keep the racket going. And this whole industry of attorneys is feeding on this. In the end the consumer pays with their finances or their lives. It is mafia. But they love to find an invisible enemy. Landlords are now the enemies because they apparently cause the inflation and create laws and rules. Go figure. We need to get rid of these HUDs and all three letter dangerous and corrupt privately funded lobbyist organizations.

 Thank you. I actually sent him letter with a clear explanation of reasons, provided market data and photos of properties for rent, prepared a spreadsheet with the amenities for the comparable properties and included a form to return. All properties that I listed for him that were comparable and were available 2 weeks ago have already been rented. He just does not want to pay. 

 100% agreed. I am not worried at all about vacancy. I work and make a decent salary and I plan to keep the property in my family. Any money "lost" on vacancy is peanuts in the long run.