All Forum Posts by: Chris Long

Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I’ll contact a lawyer. The city and the council never answered my emails. I’m sure they’re hoping the problem will just go away. 

Hi all,

I have a rental property in Tupelo, Mississippi that I bought about two years ago. I gutted the whole place and rehabbed it after I bought it. 

The house has a community culvert running next to it and it runs under the street before it gets to my house. The street has also been resurfaced several times and it looks like they just keep adding more layers without removing the one below. The street is now higher than my house and water tends to accumulate in the driveway. 

A few days ago we had some heavy rains and the culvert overflowed. The tenant states that the water was running over the street and there was enough flow that a small tree floated across the street and stopped at my fence that is right next to the culvert. The water also surrounded my house and was about 18” deep even on the side of my house opposite the culvert.

Water came into the house under the doors and it appears that it seeped in under the walls as well. I had to pull out all the flooring in the house that I just put in less than two years ago. I put in a couple of dehumidifiers and some fans to dry everything out. It looks like the level of water in the house was pretty low but the flooring was wet at least a little in every room. The walls look dry. 

My insurance won’t pay anything because the water is from outside. Is the city responsible for anything in this case? Should I do anything else?

It’s frustrating to tear out all of the flooring that I spent so much time putting in not long ago. 

Thanks for any advice.

Chris

Did you ever find a good property manager? I'm buying a property in Tupelo now and would appreciate any recommendations.

Thanks!

Thanks for the replies. I'll work on that. 

Hello all,

My girlfriend is trying to sell a property in Colombia and I was going to try to list it in the marketplace here. It seems that you can only list properties in the USA and Canada. 

Is there a way to list her property here? Do you have any other tips for getting a property sold in another country?

Thanks for the help!

Chris

Thanks Jim. I fear that without anything listed on any of my paperwork about appliances or really anything that came with the house I may be out of luck. At least I learned something for the next house.

Thanks for the reply. 

I looked through all the paperwork and I couldn't find any references to that information unfortunately. Thanks for the reply.

I imagine that he had them disposed of. I don't know how I would prove that the property included all appliances in the sale although that seems normal to me. 

I know I sure wouldn't be ok buying appliances like that in a place that I'm renting. 

I wish I could use his security deposit to help replace those things.

Thanks for the reply. You're probably right.

So I purchased a property in April 2019 and it had a tenant in place. The tenant signed a new lease until April of 2020. Toward the end of June the tenant stated that he wanted to move out. I gave him some options to get out before the end of his contract. 

The tenant states that the refrigerator, microwave and a window AC unit were not working before I purchased the house and that he purchased new ones for the house. The options that I gave him previously were on the condition that the appliances were left in the house. 

Today my PM informed me that the tenant will be moving out tomorrow and that he is going to take the appliances with him. 

I do have a new tenant in place and she will probably be moving in around the 10th of August. 

Do I have any recourse with the appliances or am I out of luck?

Thanks for the help.