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24 September 2015 | 8 replies
., etc.Then, as far as normal wear and tear, carpets and appliances have a useable life, and when determining normal wear and tear, you are required to depreciate the charge to the tenant, based on how much life is left in it.For instance, if a carpet has a 10 year life, and was 5 years old when a tenant moved in and then destroyed it, you could only charge them for 1/2 the cost of a replacement carpet.Odds are good that the carpet that was in your unit did not have a useable life of over 14 years.
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6 June 2016 | 27 replies
I think those tenants would destroy a home, whether they were Section 8 or not, and probably have terrible references and terrible credit and possibly criminal backgrounds.
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20 February 2017 | 66 replies
If the former owners have been there forever and don't seem motivated and you go through eviction process they might destroy your investment.
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6 September 2015 | 103 replies
The story would be different if you found a bunch of junkies with needles in their arms, passed out, graffiti on the walls, and the house destroyed.
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19 April 2016 | 38 replies
Additionally, there are a lot of landlords that will give rave reviews to bad tenants because you just called and told them you are willing to take that bad tenant off their hands and give them a new house...what do they care if they destroy your property?
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27 April 2016 | 85 replies
Tenants have the ability to destroy your home along with your dreams if you are personally attached.
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19 April 2016 | 15 replies
I definitely want to add I will be entering the property on a quarterly basis to check the smoke alarms for their safety/make sure they haven't destroyed my property.
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16 April 2016 | 12 replies
They expected the landlord to pay for the extermination (which ain't cheap) even though one of their kids brought the bed bugs into the house.Since the TAR lease is silent on this issue I will be adding the following clause to all future leases:"With the exception of wood destroying insects, tenant will be responsible for the extermination of any pests including bed bugs."
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29 April 2016 | 5 replies
Every dog that destroys anything, people blame it on "pit bulls."