Do NOT stop making repairs, but IF it can be attributed to tenant damage, abuse, or misuse, then BILL them, and tack on late charges as allowed by the aforementioned documents when they don't pay.

Its become a source of considerable abuse here in CO.I'd speak to your county assessor.Jon

Now your house is labelled where someone was killed, and harder to both rent and sell.I think for the safety of the family, the person and the landlord for being liable, you should give your tenants information on centers that assist abused women.

I hope is not abusing your kindness(and/or anyone else in the forum) if I share it with you to use it as an exercise.This is a house with a loan of 123K and 23 years left.

If you respond to every whim a tenant has then they are going to abuse the relationship very quickly.

Did you find that easy to do or is it more the result of prolonged efforts and successes?

It justs invites abuse if somebody really doesn't want to.

I recentl read a reply from him that while he was given one of his well thought out, and written replies, he warned potential abusers that their "posts would be deleted WITHOUT NOTICE!"

Charging folks on their credit card for a small premium to cover the fees would have extended the tenure of some of my tenants, but we would have lost them eventually anyway due to prolonged unemployment.

What is a good "out clause" to use in a lease option when you are the initial leasee, but do not want to scare the seller with a clause that the end tenant could abuse?