All Forum Posts by: Tracie Van

We use roof heaters, or sometimes called heat tape. If an ice damn builds up, it can do a lot of damage once things start to thaw. Learned that the hard way. lol

I am in a similar situation right now. Kitchen countertop is laminate and it appears they used it as a cutting board. My problem is this turn around needs to happen in less than a weeks time and well, I am out of time. Could not get a quote quick enough. Not sure what to do. I will say the countertop is about 10 years old, but was in excellent condition upon move-in. I guess I could get a quote myself by measuring and pricing it out from the orange box store and charge a % of the total to replace as Scott Mac suggests? 

Question. I would like to update my rental rules to reflect the 8 days/30 days verbiage in my lease but I am unsure if I can do this for existing tenants as well or do I have to wait for each new tenant? I can't seem to find anything that states if I can or can not. I am in WI. 

@Jerry Hill

She is an okay tenant, but she does have a little boy. So if I could avoid it, I'd really like to just get rid of him. I will be calling tomorrow to discuss the situation and if she wants to be a butthead about it, then I will need to be one as well. 

@Brandon Rush

Thank you! Going forward I am going to use the 8 days/30 days verbiage in my lease. That is great. Much better than what I currently have.

I’ve actually thought about putting a camera up in the parking lot to capture how often the car is there.

I’ll start with the written letter first reminding the tenant of the lease.

In my lease I have anything longer than 2 weeks stay they need to be on the lease or get permission from me. I also include no keys given out to anyone not on the lease. 

I know this guy is living in the unit based on other tenants accounts, his car is there day and night, he takes garbage to the dumpster, he does laundry, etc. I have seen this myself as I live very close to the building. But of course, I can't really prove it. I feel like the two week section of my lease is kind of worthless in most cases  unless the tenant is willing to follow the rules. Which luckily for me, most do.

I know his name and looked him up in the court system and this is someone I do not want in my building. Eviction on file, drug charges, money owed out the butt. No job either. He also walks around the building just pacing around and its creepy because it all one-level. He is walking and pacing around people's windows. 

I'm at a loss as to what to do to get this guy out. I guess I could tell him he needs to apply, which of course would be denied as he doesn't meet the criteria, but then what? My gut tells me he will still continue to reside there. 

I just saw a listing where one of the requirements for rental is to be vaccinated for covid. Its a single family home. Personally, I would not do this but wondered if they can even have that as a requirement? 

I am currently renting to family and I would not advise it

@Patti Robertson

I have a bit of an update. They called the landlord and said they would pay the amount owed for June, and now he is letting them stay till the end of the month. So they are complying. At this point they are so stressed out over it they are just going to write off and move on. 

@Kathy Henley that is basically what I was thinking but not being familiar with the laws in Virginia I wanted to ask in case there is any possibility that they would at least get their security deposit back. I just took over a bunch of storage units in WI and many do not have leases. Its a nightmare when this happens.