All Forum Posts by: Shawn Underwood

Yep...I'm also out money and know others as well.  He's still out there promoting...just not this as he's on to other things....hopefully not another scam.

@Brendan F. Nagle I’ve been called things as well...taking advantage of people going through a divorce, etc. they need to sell quick and I can meet their need. Most people that react like this are jealous a lot of the time and have no drive or motivation to get things done themselves.

@Steve Babiak Thanks Steve.  Will try them.

Hey BP -

Does anyone have any recommendation for a Radon mitigation company that services Philadelphia?

@Theresa Harris They did maintain it sometimes (in the summer when they grew vegetables) but I don't believe they were happy when I cut down the trees in the lot (had to they were just really overgrown and not manageable).  Regardless, they shouldn't have an expectation that I will remove their trash.

@Mike McCarthy  Thanks.  I have a lot of pictures but not everything.  you can see based on the pics the property was well taken care of.  I will reply to that effect...it's not a negotiation...here were the deductions and I will provide the invoice that I received.  They paid rent via Venmo so will return using that.  I never even received a return mailing address from them.

@Hubert Kim we have 30 days to return in PA so I will have to return it today. I looked up PA law and it does say for abandoned property that doesn’t really have value it is trash and we can charge for disposal of that trash. Throwing out items of value is a different story. But the. Again I’m not a lawyer in PA. Thanks for your feedback.

@Matthew Olszak thanks Matthew. I couldn’t find emails about the usage of the side lot. Everything appears to have been verbal with the one tenant that used them for gardening. The tenant who said they shouldn’t be responsible for it actually joined the existing tenant at the end of their first year lease

Hey,

Hoping I can get some advice for a landlord tenant dispute in regards to the security refund on my rental property. After the tenants moved out I did a walkthrough and the place was filthy (tenant’s said they paid a cleaner $180 to clean the property but it was not clean at all). I will ask for a receipt from them but I just got the place cleaned again. I also noticed 2 drawers were missing from the refrigerator and they said they were not missing when they left the place. The lease was only for the rental property but I also own the 2 adjacent parcels and I said they can be used during your tenancy but I have the right to revoke the usage at any time (plan on building 2 houses there). Well they used the space and built multiple gardens that will now need to be removed and there are some chairs and a workout machine/pull-up bar that was left as well. I estimated (didn’t get a confirmation on the amount) that it would be $325 to have their stuff removed. They are saying the lots were not in the lease so they are not responsible for it. It is clearly their trash so they should be liable for removal correct? They are also complaining about other charges but I will supply receipts for those from the contractor that completed it.

Also, if there is a dispute like we are having and the security deposit isn’t refunded prior to the 30 day timeline what happens? I actually never had issues like this in the last 15 years of renting.

Thanks for the advice

@Nathan Gesner Thanks for your input.  You make a good point about the breakup situation...although she is moving cross-country but anything can happen.

@Thomas S. I do have standards unless it's 2 AM at the bar then they go down ))  

thanks for all of your input...I will deny.