All Forum Posts by: Xochitl Cadena

@Patrick Amaral Patrick, did you manage to find anyone? I am also looking for a reliable property manager/company. If you got any leads I would love to know as well.

Best,

Sochi

@Adam Martin Thank you! Yeah the contract doesn’t specify what happens if they break the contract, only that snow removal is the responsibility of the tenant. I will send them an itemized bill but i have 30 days to return the deposit and that is up in 9 more days. I am definitely discounting the repair damages, and the cleaning. But upsets me how we go far to help people and get screwed. Leave and learn. I added the same clause to my other tenant but i already saw they are lazy too. I need to likely send a notice that they are responsible for cleaning the snow. No discounts for these folks though. Next time I am only cleaning the areas penalized by the City.

@Tina Tsysh Thank you! The tenant already left and i did a final walkthrough where i pointed out to things that they damaged, and that needed repairs. Including cleaning the house, patching walls, peeled paint due to stickers on the walls, they left the kitchen really dirty, food in the fridge, etc. So I am discounting some for that. But I also think they got the whole time the discounted rate then broke the contract so I am hoping I can get my $400/mo for at least the 3 months they didn’t comply. Anyways, great advice about reaching out to an attorney. Hopefully I can find one that is affordable in MA.

Best,

Sochi

Hello, I would love your take on an issue I encountered: Long story short last year my prior tenant asked me to reduce the rent from $2,200 to $1,800 and offered to do gardening and snow removal for the property. I included this on the contract and agreed to it. He did cut the grass but not as specified verbally to every 2 weeks. I had to go and cut the grass a couple of times. I want the house nice so I didn’t tell him anything. At the first snow storm I asked him if he had cleaned the snow from the house because the city enforces snow removal on a specific time limit after stops snowing. He backed off and gave me 2 months notice to move out bc he was too tired to clean the snow. He entered the lease last year on March 1st and by Nov he was giving me notice to move out end if Dec. I would like to use his deposit to compensate for this breaking of the agreement. He got a $400 monthly discount in exchange for cutting the grass and removing the snow but broke the deal on the first snow storm. I had to clean the snow myself and hired one more person to help me as well. He didn’t clean the snow October, Nov, Dec, and extended to move middle of Jan. Is it unusual to charge the tenant for not complying? I have a conversation on text where he mentions that he no longer wants to clean the snow and the amount he was supposed to pay ($2,200).

Anyone out there that knows about tenant law that can advise?

Thoughts?

Thank you,

Sochi

What legal clause(s) explains about Housing Lead Law?

@JenniferDonley Thank you Jennifer for the resource. And number 2 is definitely being added to my process. Very helpful!

@Denise Evans Thank you Denise, I believe in MA you can do the same as long as I give notice in writing. But I will look further just in case.

@Michael Noto Thank you Michael, so far so good regarding keeping the property in good condition.

@Michael Noto Thank you Michael, so far so good regarding keeping the property in good condition.

@Jill F. Thank you Jill, yes typically I can accomplish more with honey than with vinegar but I think this time people is just taking advantage. I am definitely creating a Guidelines booklet.