All Forum Posts by: Tyler Wetherby

Thanks everyone so far for the input. I will be filing a police report and determining my actions for a no trespassing and no contact orders

@Thomas S. @Dennis M. I would love to do such a thing but I just wouldn't want to deal with any repercussions. She had my chief of police at her apartment for almost an hour a month before she moved out but I never heard anything about it so ignored it. Her first month here I had a state trooper there because before I knew she was crazy she told me that people were entering her apartment without permission, which in that case the state trooper told me without actually being able to tell me that she was crazy. After that first time I ended up installing security cameras around my house..

@Christen G. It was texting, emailing, and speaking person to person.. I like texting and emails because I can keep everything on record easily.

This is kind of a long story so I will just shorten it tremendously.

My previous tenant (also my first real tenant, besides the previous owners of my multi-family home), was schizophrenic. She thought that my wife and I were going into her apartment and replacing things such as outlets, wiring, pipes, etc.; painting things such as windowsills; and somehow "hacking" into her personal documents such as her email, and I quote "stealing and replacing receipts to look exactly as they were before but with more items on the receipt that I didn't buy". She would message me profound language attacking me with these accusations until I told her that I would not tolerate it and that I was her landlord and she could not speak to me that way, and from that point on she was to treat me with respect as her landlord.

A month went by, and I hadn't heard anything from her, she just went about her craziness without bothering me. Then all of a sudden she up and moved out of the apartment, and when I caught her in the act and asked her what was going on, she continued to throw more accusations at me and said "I think you and your friend have gotten enough of my things". This was good but bad; good that I wouldn't have to deal with her anymore but bad because I took a loss on rent and had to clean off the walls from her writing and clean and repaint the apartment from her smoking in it. The form I has her sign stated that I was keeping her security deposit in lack of the missed rent from her moving out with no notice as well as a few other checklist things and told her that I'd she signed it she was leaving on a clean slate and the apartment was hers until the 31st still (it was about 5 days left) since she had paid rent for January.

Now, after I have finally found a new tenant and they have signed a lease with me, my previous tenant has contacted me all of a sudden with a photo or random things "forget something?" And also a long text message with descriptions of sociopathic behaviours. I do not want her ever contacting me again but I do not know how to proceed with that without doing something wrong, but I also fear that she will try some type of retaliation against me, my family, or my property, or maybe even try intervening with my new tenant. As this is not a request for advice since I cannot actually ask for it, i just wanted to express my situation and inquire if anyone else has had these issues before or if anyone has comments to add to this.

Thank you for reading!

@Meleana Tuimoala in my own personal experience it is best to keep one lease with all parties signing it, that way there is less hassle for you if there is a feud and someone moves out unexpectedly, the total amount of rent is still due but by having one lease and all parties signing it, it truly doesn't matter to you as a landlord who specifically pays the rent as long as it is paid. Leave that part to the tenants.

Say you were to do separate leases and obligate each person individually to their own amounts, if one person leaves unexpectedly it'd be much harder to get another tenant to move in with someone who is already occupying the premises, and you may also run into issues with the leftover tenant(s). Plus, by having ONLY the individuals that will be residing there sign the lease, if they invite any more people to move in to "help with rent" you could put in your lease that "x" amount per week per extra person staying longer than 2 weeks, that'll keep them from trying to hide more than your water supply can handle or your heat bill if you have heat included (I didn't pay attention to where you were located but I live in NH where heat is a big deal).

Again, just my own personal opinion based off of my own renting experience.

@Stephen Gallagher that sounds great!

@Richard Dale-Mesaros thanks for that! Currently due to my financial bind I can't invest in anything yet as much as I wish I could. My wife loves this house too much to get rid of it so currently we are looking for another tenant with an open house for the apartment coming up on Saturday. I am only 26 and bought too much for myself to handle on the income I now have with my wife being a stay-at-home mom for my daughter and our next baby due in August. Finding a job around here that pays what I need is just almost impossible so i am paycheck to paycheck until I can get caught back up and start saving at least something.

Hey everyone,

Currently I am in a financial bind so this is more of a time for me to broaden my knowledge for now, but I live in the upper valley. I own my home which has a 2BR apartment attached, very modern and large. My first real tenant was only there for 2 months as she was seriously schizophrenic and I am in the process of cleaning and repainting from writing and smoking... that's there seriously short version.

Anyways, would love to meet others from the UV area and hear any tips or starting points. Anything is appreciated!