All Forum Posts by: Matt Liu

Thanks everyone!! As far as ways to push her out, can I post a warning letter for violating the lease? Can I add to the house rules anything reasonable that does not involved new charges or anything unreasonable?

Thank you so much. I think what I will do (to piece together a little bit of everyone's wonderful advice) is go to her with a piece of paper full of many detailed questions and a smile on my face. This way I am letting her be heard. I am also collecting and documenting details. And at the same time I am showing that it is not so easy to just "slip and get paid" - there is a process. 

I collect all this information. Then I come back the next day and ask her to send a letter (certified mail) describing the answers to the same questions - and this will provide me with any discrepencies if her memory fails her. 

Then I will say thank you very much for the info, I will process this and get back to you on what we can do. 

Of course in reality I am just running her around and getting her to question herself. I will in reality get back to her saying that I can't pay anything but the insurance company will be able to review the details of her case if she would like. I will also have a calm and heart felt talk with her at that time (brief) that I am a good honest person and there is such a thing as karma. If she wants to be litigious - taking advantage of this and that - I could also "trip onto her old Honda." that is parked inappropriately on the grass - maybe . And let her take it from there.

It's really not the buildings fault since there was a legal railing in place all along. Can I really have someone sign a full waiver for the remainder of their term?

What about paying them in a "store credit" to be used for renovations in their kitchen and bathroom? Or a a complimentary increase in their security deposit amount, to be released upon move out inspection?

I inherited lousy tenants in a property (year lease) who are threatening to sue me for a slip down the stairs. She didn't seem injured but yadayada had to go to the doctors and did xrays yadayada. Now they're saying subtly (but really not so subtly) that if I can do "something" for them they won't have to press charges, otherwise, they will. In other words they want free pay day.

I have insurance but don't want to deal with the trouble and any rate change it may cause. Should I offer them cash to be quiet? Free rent for 2 months? Nice improvements to the unit? 

OR ... Should I threaten back very subtly that I can make things "less enjoyable" for them (and any ideas on that? Noise complaint warnings? No mercy with rent collection? Parking rules change?)? 

Thanks!! 

If a tenant does not give 30 days notice and leaves at the end of this month (never paid for this month), can I keep file any kind of judgement in addition to keeping her security deposit?

Does this mean that they can just stay in the unit for 90 days? Don't they have to pay rent?

What if a tenant was given 30 days notice in late April. I took over the property in mid May. They still have to be out by the end of May right? (I want them to be out).

I bought a property at tax auction. The tenants have year leases ending February. Can I come have them sign a new month-to-month lease starting June 1st that voids out the previous leases? What language would I have to use to void out the old lease?

If a lease says between landlord and tenant, "We agree to the following: to give two months advance notice to monthly rent paying date, of intention to terminate tenancy"

Does that mean that if the landlord wants to terminate tenancy, she must give notice on April 30th/May1st for tenant to be gone by July 1st? Or do standard month-to-month rules apply to the landlord's whims? And does the landlord have to abstain from collecting any rent during that whole 2 month time, if the former?

If a month-to-month tenant wishes to move to another unit in a building, should we do an addendum to his current lease (showing the new unit and new price), or just a brand new lease? IF the later, is there some protocol by which to void the previous lease?