William C.
Tenant wants to trade shed for rent
My tenant just informed me that he lost his job back in January and could not pay his rent due in June. He wants to trade his shed in return for staying. I am hesitating to accept this because I don't really need a ...
Kathy Judd
Tenant having girlfriend's dogs over
I have a situation with a tenant I wanted to get your opinion. I'm in Idaho if that makes any difference but I have a no pet clause in my lease agreement. No animal, bird, or other pet will be kept on the premises, e...
Steve Totino
What should I do with this tenant?
Hi I have a Two family home. I live in the bottom unit. Tenant lives upstairs. He hasn’t paid me for this month. I don’t like him at all he has multiple lease violations such as smoking, loud parties as night, and hav...
Matt Carey
Emotional Support Animals
Hi, all! I asked my lawyer about service and emotional support animals. This is what he said regarding fair housing.If an applicant or tenant wants to have a service animal or emotional support animal, the tenant must...
Holly Moser
Tenant asked for another dog multiple times
We have tenants that have been with us for 6 months. The 1st time they asked for a second dog, It was 4 days after they moved in. After we told them no and we'd like more time to get to know them, they asked for a pup...
Kyle Domini
Tenant vacated apartment
Had a tenant leave this weekend unbeknownst to me. Didn't pay August rent. I do have security though. Did me a favor by leaving. Shut his phone off and messenger on FB.
I can forget about it or get it in record that...
Ingrid Nagy
Some battles in landlording
We see a lot of posts related to leasing, screening tenants, increasing cash flows, analyzing investments, etc. - the positives of rental real estate. Sometimes we encounter situations or the unexpected that we have ...
Jason P.
Returning a deposit question after murder
So I have a duplex and a tenant had 4 friends over and one of the younger ones was playing with a gun and shot his friend in the head and killed him (all early 20’s) unfortunately. The tenant is moving out because o...
Daniel Y.
Need Help and Advice on Bad Landlord Security Deposit Issue
Hello Everyone,To add some preface context, I'm a landlord and in California. However, I always just follow the rules, so I'm not too familiar as what to do as I do not try to walk the line. So I guess this will be a ...
Andrea M.
Emotional Support Animal?
Although this may vary from state to state, I saw this on twitter and was wondering if there is any truth to this. I hope I attached the screenshot/ picture properly, if not here is the quote:
" You can r...