All Forum Posts by: Audrey Hu

Thank you so much Jon for your reply! It really gives me a lot of helpful info. Actually she is moving today, but she still gives me problems here and there. I verbally agree with her that I would refund her for whatever the day that she's not occupying the room. She won't be living here today, but she still leaves some of her belongings here for another 2 days. She said she would hand me the keys today and want me to refund her the rent today. Should I refund her today even though she hand me the keys today and not completely clean out her stuff yet?

Thank you everyone for your great advice! I've been very upset lately, but now I think I gain a lot of experience from it. Being a landlord is not as easy as I think, I learned it in a hard way. I always tend to trust people and think that most people are reasonable. Now that I am worry that she won't move after 30 days. I know that I can evict a tenant, but it takes time and need to go to court, and I don't know how much it would cost me.

Hello Joel,
Because this is my first time being a landlord, the only thing I know is to sign a contract. She was nice and always tried to be friend with me when she first moved in, so I didn't really keep it at a professional level and now she's taking advantage of it. She's a foreign student, and I did not do any of the background check, and did not asked for a proof letter from their vet either. I was too naive, and I guess I've learned my lesson :(
Thank you for your advice, and I will do all of that next time I look for a tenant.

Hi Rick. Thank you so much for the advice. Sorry I meant towel. She violated rules before, but I chose to give her second chance. But this time I want her to move out more because of her bad attitude, not her using my stuff.
The money offer thing sounds like a great idea!

Hi all! I am new to this forum and I am a new landlord. I am a college student in California. My aunt bought a condo in CA. She said I could live there for free, and asks me to rent out one room. So I posted my ad on Craigslist and found a girl who's about the same age with me. We signed a month-to-month contract. One day I asked if she used my face tower to wipe her dog (because I could smell her dog shampoo on my face tower!) through text massage, she replied no, and said that I was crazy and started to insult me with all the "f" word. Well I admit that maybe because she felt that I was accusing her that's why she became angry, but I could not tolerant someone who cannot have a civil conversation. The next day I left her a 30 day move out notice. She pissed off and started to threaten me that she would claim her rent back from Paypal (she paid her rent using Paypal echeck). She also refused to take the 30 day notice when I tried to hand her the paper. She called me names and yelled some really nasty stuff to me (involving racial discrimination stuff towards my boyfriend who was going to help her move) that I couldn't not even type them here. I went back to my room and called the police, and the officers came by and told her not to talk to me anymore. Now she does not talk to me, BUT she's on the phone with her boyfriend talking loudly and saying bad things about me. I try not to hear it but I can hear her even with my TV on! She has 30 days left, but I cannot bare even one day. I am a college student and have never dealt with this kind of things before. It really disturbs me emotionally. I am wondering what options do I have? Can I ask her to move sooner? Thank you all for taking your time reading it!