All Forum Posts by: Robin Evans

Thank you all very much for your input! We notified the tenants of the weed issue and guess what, she went with "our Airbnb guests often smoke weeds which bothers her but she doesn't want to bring up to us since guests are short stays. And her son does use weeds but never does inside the apartment. The neighbors next 2 doors grow weeds inside and use them on their porch creating strong odors, etc.". She did fall through too before we bought the property and filed insurance claim and got compensated. 
We were told before that it is best not to give reason when terminating lease. Is that appropriate in this situation?

We plan to talk to an attorney about the issue and see what is the best way to terminate the lease. @Arman Ahmed if you can point to a contact, that would be great! Thanks a lot! 

Thank you for the input! Update: We repaired the stairs and the tenant's son just got bruise, no broken bones or anything serious. And the tenant said she would not sue the insurance company due to that. But we are not sure if they will consider doing it down the road, say, 6 or 8 months later. We do want to totally renovate the stairs, cover up with something to protect again weather and also renovate the inside of the unit too. 
For the weeds, the thing is we also own the Airbnb and it is really not good for the Airbnb guests' experience. 

 @Jake McCain: Thank you for the input! 

Dear BP friends:

We have a LT tenant that is on month to month lease (not the ideal tenant you would want). She lives upstairs of a garage and has exterior stairs to enter her unit. We have fixed the loose stairs upon her request previously but today her teenage son fell through one of the stairs and went to hospital. She asked for our insurance company info and said she would sue the insurance company. We gave her the info and are fixing the steps now. Additionally, we have an Airbnb downstairs and we use the garage under her unit as a game room. But guests have been complaining about smelling weeds from upstairs. We do have this in our lease regarding illegal drugs: 

“No illegal drugs or controlled substances (unless specifically prescribed by a physician for a specific person residing or present on the Premises) are permitted on the Premises. Tenant’s violation of this Section shall be an immediate and incurable Default of this Lease”

With all this, we really want to give her 30-day notice and terminate the lease. But wonder what is a good timing? What would be the best thing to deal with the situation at this point? Appreciate your input! Thank you! 

Thank you guys again for the input! @Clara Arroyave DM sent. 

Do you guys use a different lease than the regular rental for the room rental? 

@Jamie Banks thank you for your input! Considering the area and condition of the house, room rentals seem to make more sense. Either way, it is better than vacant. If we Just rent one room out, it will cover our mortgage and utilities and still some cash flow. It is a matter of more or less cash flow. If we can rent both out, it will be bonus. 

@Shannon Strickland: 

We have rented the whole unit upstairs to some co-op students but some others are looking for more affordable housing. So we would like to try out room rentals downstairs to see how it goes. We also put in the listing that the renters also have the option of renting the whole unit if they'd like to. Thank you for the input! 

@Clara Arroyave @Ron Brady Roger that! We will not allow pets for the room rentals to avoid headache. Thank you for the input! 

@ron brady @Clara Arroyave thank you for your input! We will do that. For room rentals, do you allow pets? This is a duplex. We do allow pets in the upstairs unit. But if there are two dogs in the downstairs unit for the two bedrooms, I assume that would be chaotic?