All Forum Posts by: Nancy Sathre-Vogel

How does this work if the tenant perpetually paid late, but never paid the late fees? My manager never even informed me this was an issue, but now we've got nearly $1000 in late fees. The manager simply added the late fees in to the account, but never forced payment from the tenant. 

The tenant is now moving out, and the manager is keeping the late fees from the security deposit - which means I have nothing to cover any damage the tenant might have done to the house.

I should add that I've fired the manager and am just now trying to get things settled with her - at the same time this tenant is moving out.

I'm hoping you can help me sort this out, as I have no idea where to go. 

I had a property manager that I loved, but she retired and sold her accounts to another person. The new person was a nightmare in many regards, so I fired her a month ago. I will eventually hire a new manager, but am taking care of things on my own for now. 

So - one of my tenants is moving out in a few days. I just now got the paperwork from the property manager, and she sent me a check for the security deposits for our other two houses, but not for the one that is being vacated now. That particular tenant was late with her rent nearly every month, but she never paid the late fees. 

Now, the property manager kept the entire security deposit to pay the late fees and didn't turn any of it over to me. Is that legit? Can she do that? I know the security deposit can be used to cover unpaid rent, but it seems really off for her to just keep the entire deposit to cover fees that she didn't collect over the past year. I wasn't aware the tenant was paying late every month until recently.

Ideas?