All Forum Posts by: Lindsay Henning

 its truly harder than it seems. i agree, and have tried since i was 17 to just rent  my own place.... i consider myself pretty resourceful in a lot of ways, this is the only thing i havent been able to lock down.

I mean I am pretty computer savvy if it comes down to it the only thing they will see is a loop of an empty street. It's just obnoxious it would even come to that... thank you for being kind and sticking to the point. 

I have absolutely spent hours on the internet and on the phone. My situation is different than anything I'm able to find. 

I don't know any tenant/landlord situation where a lease is involved and the landlord has the right to come stay at the tenants property & bring a friend for any length of time. That is beyond reasonable but something I have to live with unless I go back to my car. 

I simply do not see how it is legal to say I couldn't drink alcohol, I am over the legal age. No smoking (inside) is reasonable. I understand that. My chihuahua is a service animal, so they can't do anything about that. And I Have prescriptions for all my "drugs". 

Exterior, but they're the type that anytime someone came over they'd be up my *** asking who it is... what if I want to get laid? I need to explain that? I work long hours and having a visitor over at 2-3am shouldn't warrant a phone call from my parents 🙄

They're the ones making money from this whole deal while I don't even get equity or anything - and anytime they're mad they hold the house above my head and tell me I can go back to living in my car - which at this point almost sounds more worth it. 

I very much agree and am working on getting my credit back on track. I work hard, I'm educated, I am trustworthy, however in my parents eyes I'll never be the daughter they wish they had. 

How would you like to buy the property and rent it to me? ;) haha 

I didn't ask for your opinion about my life. I simply asked what can legally be added as a provision to a lease. Actually, I'm paying more than the average tenant would. I pay $1200 when the average cost would be about $800 in this area. As mentioned before, i am not able to rent without a consignor since my credit is to poor and my income is cash based - I buy/sell gold, broker diamonds, and luxury assets. 

Regarding the ex room mate- had they given leases & gotten the proper security deposit in the beginning as I requsested, they wouldn't have to be out of pocket now, however being greedy, they didn't want to report the property as a rental due to taxes and in turn got screwed and blamed someone else's negligence on me when I had nothing to do with it. I take care of my tiny chihuahua and clean up after him. Next time how bout stick to the facts rather than replying some ignorant comments. I doubt you would want to live somewhere if every time a car pulled up for you to get laid or hang out with friends you got a text and a phone call asking what you're doing. It's not like they are watching the property because there's no one in it, they're doing it to spy on me. 

@Deanna McCormick thank you for your very obvious answer that anyone with a brain could have already came to the EXACT same conclusion. My intention in posting something personal about my life and what I'm going through was to find out exactly what kind of things could be put in a lease, legally. As mentioned above, unfortunately my credit is not high enough to rent on my own, however talking my parents into buying a 2nd home after 10 years and now they are actually MAKING MONEY from having it rather than losing it in stocks is none of your business, however if I am signing a LEASE, I expect to have my privacy respected and not have a phone call/text anytime a car pulls up to my house because I want to get laid or smoke a medicinal joint with a friend. 

Calling me a spoiled child & not an adult is a rather ignorant thing to say given you don't know a thing about me and quite frankly I find it offensive. 

"They can put whatever they want in a lease"?!   Really-- ? I find that hard to believe. By saying that you're basically stating they could say "no black people can come to the house" which is a matter of racism and discrimination. 

 I didn't ask for your opinion regarding my life. I asked what can or cannot be put in a lease since I am not a lawyer, however I don't believe surveillance is legal as pertaining to my personal life. Surveillance is used to see what's happening when you're AWAY from home, not to spy on your tenant. 

So since you offered your two cents to my life may I suggest sticking to the facts rather than attacking me personally. I graduated valedictorian, and just because I choose to not feel disrespected and violated in the place where i LIVE, doesn't give you the right to call me "spoiled". This is an investment property and I may get to live in it but it comes with a lot of baggage that a normal tenant wouldn't have to deal with. 

Also- I don't envy anyone who has to deal with someone as closed minded and judgmental as you either. 

Thank you for being the only one that answered in a professional manner. I get where they are coming from it's just the fact that they want two rooms available to them so they can come live in my space that I rent. Isn't the whole point of a lease to have boundaries set so that the landlord can't just come hang out for a week or two? It's not like they come to actually visit me, they come to micromanage, complain (about nothing real-- like 6+4=10, however so does 7+3=10... so is one answer wrong or are they both right? 

I comply with noise ordinance rules, however if I want to listen to music, and she's here, it doesn't matter what volume it is, she's always going to ***** about, or complain about anything I'm doing even if it's sleeping. For example, I had 3 maids come and deep clean the house (after construction crew had been there) before she arrived last time. She complained at the end that despite the maids cleaning the floors 3 times, she still couldn't take her shoes off -- you could eat off the floors. It's just obnoxious, to be called a "total f*ck up" by your mother just because she lives in a different world than I do. I'm not breaking the law. I'm not destroying her property, in fact I am the reason this house is kept up and maintained. I just don't appreciate being micromanaged and judged just because I'm not working in a cubicle and living a "traditional" life. The bills are paid on time, just because we aren't on the same page spiritually doesn't make me a "total f*ck up". 

I live in San Diego. I'm 32 years old. My parents finally after 10 years of me suggesting, bought a house so I could rent directly from them. It's a four bedroom. They want $2400 in rent so obviously I wanted to have a room mate. Long story short, they didn't want to classify the house as a rental, never gave us leases (despite me begging)... the room mate's pets destroyed carpet and was a major pain to get rid of. Now that he's gone, they are willing to rent it to me but with a million rules.

They are preparing a lease but have it in their head that they will be coming down here every so often from Wisconsin & potentially bring a friend to stay... so out of the 4 bedrooms, they want access to two, and have a million rules that are rather ridiculous.

-no guests can bring their dogs over

-can't play music loud - even during normal hours

-access to my security cameras

-can't rent rooms anymore - not even Airbnb/short term

-still want me to pay over half the rent + utilities

...they're still putting it all together and are very vindictive and secretive. It's extremely uncomfortable living somewhere I feel like will be taken away at any given moment. Obviously, if I had the credit to rent elsewhere, I absolutely would, however that isn't the case so I am somewhat stuck here at the moment.

What is illegal for them to ask of me?

I know they are my parents but cmon, some of these things are absolutely absurd...