This evening, a tenant of ours was notified by the police that a man they were pursuing had entered her home (our property). He was of no relation to our tenant, just happened to be running through the neighborhood trying to escape the cops. Our tenant rushed home but did not have her keys (she'd left them at her house with the door unlocked) so we took keys over to help the police enter. After a long, drawn out process, the suspect was captured and thankfully no one was hurt. However, in the process, the police did some damage (broken doors and broken door frames) and the suspect did damage (to A/C unit, as well as tenant's personal property).
(Ironically, last month the tenant's dog (cane corso) attacked my husband so we required the tenant to remove him from the property for liability reasons.)
My questions: Who is financially responsible for the damages? The police handled things correctly, but even after we provided them with keys they were unable to enter as the suspect had created a barricade with personal property. I am wondering if I should 1) ask police to pay, 2) have tenant file a claim on her renters insurance? and/Or 3) file a claim with my insurance.
Also, for those of you with Class C Properties - are they worth it? I've had this one just under a year and between the dog bite last month and now this, I'm ready to sell. I have an A- I manage from out of state that's been great but this C is a major headache. That said, I don't want to just give up....any advice from you seasoned Class C landlords?
