All Forum Posts by: Viney Khera

thank you Joe and Gabe, yes i called attorney and heard same that increase payment will act as proof.

Hello, I am starting eviction process for a tenant living month to month lease but 6 from plus years due to non payment of rent. I found original lease and 1 rental increase document. But I remember tenenat didnt sign last to last  rental increase document  (Feb 2023, did after 2-3 years)
and last rental (Nov 2023) increase we did verbal and I missed creating document. Can this be a problem when I fill UD-100 (unlawful detainer), as 6 d and 6 e mentions rent changes, addendums? OR it can cause some other issue?

If its an issue, then shall I use x rent i.e. in Feb 2023 rent notice instead for eviction and dont use latest rent change at all for UD-100?

Thank you for your help!

Hello all, thank you for reading, I need advice on how to deal with this situation.

I have a single-family house rented per room to different tenants. One of the tenants is way behind his rent and has registered for a county program to pay his 6 month's rent, the program is yet to pay me, waiting for govt funding. After the program cutoff, he is paying rent but not fully, missing months or partial payments in between. He also has the lowest rent among others and is living for 5-6 yrs. I am unable to increase the rent as he is behind and says he can't afford it.

He is the same trouble tenant for me, who doesn't go well with some other tenants in the home. He creates problems quite often. 1-2 tenants have left previously because of him, one has called the police on him as well once for harassment. This same tenant who has called the police on this trouble tenant once keeps telling me once a month at least that he tries to stay away from this person but this guy is mentally sick and keeps yelling at him for no reason or keeps hearing him shouting alone in his room. If I would ask this trouble tenant, he will bring up his side of the story and give some reason why he yelled at other tenant. 

How should I deal with this troubled tenant? Shall I go with the eviction process - start with a letter to improve behavior towards other tenants irrespective of rent? But i know, if i start any process, he will stop paying rent during the process and don't know how long the court will take to give eviction. Also, how would it affect past rent pending from a county program? Or other ways to deal with this situation?

TIA

Thank you Dave for clearing it up.

Hi, I own a single family but i moved out of that home to different city around 6 yrs ago, its been on rent since then and I have been renting myself.  Now I will be moving out of state, so i am thinking if I should sell this house or not. If i decide to sell it, will I be able to get any tax deduction on capital gain? 

I don't meet residency criteria of living in this house 2 yrs in last 5 yrs, to get 500k deduction filing jointly. I am moving out of state for my wife's job (but she isn't on title), will that still help us get any deduction? 

If not, is my only option 1031 exchange?  About 1031 exchange, can i buy before selling and does that apply towards selling investment property and buying one for primary residence, specially in this case when one only own a investment property?

TIA

Hello, In my single family rental, rooms are rented separately. There was a water damage in upstairs bathroom with toilet leak. While contractor work on repairs, tenant living in downstairs bedroom will have to move out for 2 weeks, while they work on fixing room ceiling baseboard and toilet. He didnt had rental insurance prior to damage but bought rental inurance later. 

Can he ask landlord to cover hotel bills? Is landlord obligated to pay for hotel bills or prorating rent for that period?

Thank you

Water damage restoration company said its okay they will work on it and put it under my insurance, same claim, said it happens some times. So, i asked him if i should inform my insurance, then he said you dont need to tell them. I didnt understand, why he wants to hide this leakage from demositurizer hose from insurance, when at first he said it happens sometimes. I guess insurance will deduct that part and ask them to pay those for those damages. But on other hand, one of my tenant told water restoration company technician that another tenant must have kept hose down from the sink and caused that issue. If i tell insurance about this issue, water restoration cmpany will run with that information, that its tenant fault not theirs. So, i should tell my home insurance adjuster or just keep quiet and let them work and report to insurance however they want?

Tenant made a video. No contractor didnt acknowledge, no response yet. Waiting to hear back from contractor today or will call them soon as soon as their business hrs start.

Hello, 

I have a 2 storey house where rooms are rented to different tenants, in shared bathroom on 2nd floor, there was toilet overflow issue which caused water leak in downstairs bedroom. I gave work to Water damage restoration company, which was working on it and had left their fans and dehumidifier running for arnd a week in bathroom and also in downstairs room. Downstairs room tenant was out living in hotel for last 4-5 days as noise of these machines is too much. 

He came back and today noticed more water damage on downstairs room ceiling ( almost triple size of visible orignal water spots damage in downstairs ceiling), after checking bathroom upstairs he noticed it was dripping from hose of one of machines running in bathroom. Hose end point was supposed to be set and drain in sink, but he found hose lying on floor from where tiles were removed. Someone moved it or it fell off or person from their company who came to change or take fan missed it or if any tenant made mistake, no one knows or will tell. 

I want to know, who is liable for this loss? Is this water damage restoration company mistake, will they take responisbility and pay for damages? I will be talking to them tomorrow, i reached out today after finding late in afternoon but didnt hear back from them, due to Memorial day holiday.

Please let me know how shall i approach this issue? Already paying high deductible for current insurance claim. Not sure, if inurance will consider it in same claim or not? Even if they do, how will this additional damage will affect my insurance renewal next year? 

Thanks in advance!