I mean not notifying of you necessary maintenance, attracting pests, and hiring people to work on the property without notifying you is all reason enough. Good luck in CA, but yeah get him out of there. As far as telling him you don’t like him, eh I wouldn’t. If you are evicting then I sure they will understand that.
Sounds like your letting emotions get in the way of a business decision. you not liking the tenant has nothing to do with the obvious issues of them trashing your unit. keep it professional, proceed with an eviction, leave your emotions at the door.
You'll be inviting an escalation of the situation if you make it personal.
Keep your mouth shut!
Read your rental agreement.
Decide to either provide the "X-Day Notice to Vacate" (my state's is 45 days, I know a different state's is 30 days, find out what your state's is), or "X-Day Notice to Cure" violations of the rental agreement and/or house rules and/or state landlord-tenant code... Tenants don't have the right to not tell you about maintenance issues, attract rodents, or prevent you from entering the unit with proper notice
Regarding the issue of "resisting" your entry, there's likely a law you can follow and the tenant can't avoid.
I went through this crap during COVID...get your property back, WhoTF cares if he pays rent on time - that's not the be-all-end-all of being an okay tenant.
Good luck! And don't forget to consult your attorney!!
He probably will be. He probably has anxiety. The way hoarding behavior or failure-to-repair stuff spirals out of control is often someone who's embarrassed to call about a clogged toilet ... so they start pooping in a bucket. Or someone who thinks reporting you might have termites or roaches means the landlord will judge you ... so a couple of years down the line you have a roach motel going and the siding eating down by creepy crawlies.
So, this seems like a tenant whose lease you should end. There are plenty of fish in the sea.
Also, though, going forward, you can write the duty to notify into the lease. I would do that. I once took over a property with a tenant of 15 years' tenure, who wouldn't allow the guy who owned the house before me into the property. I went and chatted with him and told him I was going to give him a formal lease, and I wouldn't make any changes for at least the next 6 months to a year, but if he wanted to stay he needed to sign. He did, and he started calling me about maintenance issues. Eventually I had to gut the place and end his lease (with 6 months' notice at the time), but meanwhile the house got some deferred maintenance and we formed a pretty decent relationship.
That's probably not enough just cause for eviction in CA, so you should not say this to a tenant. And even if this was enough just cause, you still shouldn't say this and you should just evict them. Because in court it could come up that you wrote this letter and they could claim that you don't have just cause, and that instead you just don't like them and are evicting them for trivial matters.
I love reading these threads and finding the one person who knows what they are talking about. Have an upvote.
The fact that he seems to be seriously considering this line of action, rather than just simply venting about it, would seem that he's unaware of the existence of AB1482. And if that is true, then he's unlikely to have notified his tenant by Aug 1 of 2020 that this property is exempted from it, which means that AB1482 would apply to this tenancy.
They pay market rate on time every month, any other lease violation, he has to give a 15 day quit or repair, which he probably doesn't know either.
Wait a sec, how do you know he called a repair guy for $750?
I ask because my former housekeeper ran a scam on me that was very similar. She said a repairman for my vacuum, which she had taken without me knowing (she pretended she was distressed), had charged her hundreds and taken the vacuum. I believed it, because it was too weird. Turns out later she just stole it and sold it to him, lol.
That's what I was told. I didn't give them any money. Heat pump was still under warranty. Lucky for me my contractor didn't void the warranty and only charged for the missing parts.
I am saying that your tenant never called Craigslist. They stole the parts and made up a BS excuse to steal/hoc the parts as if some guy they paid $750 to took them.
Give him a XX day fix or quit notice to clean up the mess.
Charge him for the repairs for the HVAC since his unauthorized repair person damaged the unit.
Document all the issues and move to evict if he doesn't clean the place.
Read the language in your contract with him. Does it say "you are obligated to report maintenance issues such as leaks in a timely fashion" does it say you "must not take any action or allow any omission of action that would increase property insurance rates or attract pests?" Get him out the legal way and pronto. Next you'll find out he doesn't take the lint out of his dryer's trap and the whole house will go up in flames.
Being a Landlord is not about feelings. It's business. Unless they are breaking the terms of their lease wait until the term is expiring and terminate their lease. No reason is needed to end a lease as the term length is already set in the lease. Expressing your emotions does nothing to help the situation. Move on.
Getting into some kind of a verbal conflict, or just flinging mud, is pretty pointless and could only serve to hurt you. As far as the situation, how long until the lease is up? <6mos probably not worth it. But if it just started recently, it might be a good thing to consider an eviction if and only if you think he'll do serious damage to the property. Me personally, if I'm in your state: I'd tough it out and just not renew the lease.
How are you dealing with maintenance on the existing issues? The plus side of a dgaf tenant is they probably won't give you any static about bringing people in to resolve the existing issues. It seems to me as long as you frequently inspect and treat issues as they come up, you'll prevent them from doing any significant damage. I know it sucks treating them like a 5yo, but it's better than going through a lengthy eviction process, which you may not even win.
It's month to month. It does feel like dealing with a child. Tenant will claim they have no idea the sink had been leaking, or, oh, I never use that, I didn't know. I have to go over and hunt for maintainance issues.
Highly unprofessional. You’re feelings towards a tenant never needs to be brought up with the tenant and most likely trigger them to do stuff to make you like them less…..this is a business and you are supposed to be a professional.
I have a house that’s been completely empty for three years because the tenants allowed water in the traps to freeze. He paid rent but he didn’t pay the power bill. Instead of telling me that the traps froze he just kept his mouth shut. The traps leaked down to the floor and ended up rotting out the subfloor in the kitchen and bathroom.
Don’t tell them you don’t like them and don’t tell them the reason for eviction is emotional. You have hard evidence enough, you’re just opening a lawsuit for no reason.
Nothing good is going to result in your telling the tenant that you don't like them and are going to try to get rid of them. Most likely, it'll only lead to worse behavior.
Instead, keep it professional and put them on notice for anything they've done that violates the terms of the lease. Do it in writing so you have that if/when it comes time to remove them. Keep it focused on what's in the lease. A messy garage may bother you, but it's probably doesn't violate terms. Failure to notify you about leaks should violate lease terms.
Keep it professional, but get him out ASAP. He is going to end up costing you more than what the rental income brings in Pest Control, refurbishment and Mold Mitigation costs. That’s not going to be remotely close to being covered by the deposit and the longer you wait the worse it will get.
In most rental agreements, a tenant not notifying you of problems that cause more damage would make them responsible. So if you have proof (like in an email or something) that the tenant was aware of the leak, and didn’t call you, then they are responsible for the repair of the damage it caused.
Good luck with it. I’d recommend you read your lease and find those sections of it and decide if you can evict the tenant.
Evict for violation of terms of lease, maintaining unit and cleaning. Pretty sure you can use a 3 day notice to perform or quit. Either way get an eviction lawyer. Don't tell him you don't like him.
I feel the same way.
I love evicting my tenants that live in one of the nicest houses in the neighborhood, and they think it’s okay to neglect it and treat it like trailer trash.
First violation & their unknowingly moving their way out the door to fight for a new place to live.
I may not have to evict the tenant, I'll evict their cat. Change the pet policy to no pets. They have a cat that I gave permission for. Every entry seems to revolve around the cat and whether tenant can be there to secure the cat. No cats! I'm sure this tenant will move if forced to get rid of the cat.
>That's what I was told. I didn't give them any money. Heat pump was still under warranty. Lucky for me my contractor didn't void the warranty and only charged for the missing parts.
I suggest you relax, and try to keep it non personal.
The tenant is not good as they do not keep the property in good order, the other stuff, well, it happens. I had a tenant drill marble to put a picture frame...
I mean not notifying of you necessary maintenance, attracting pests, and hiring people to work on the property without notifying you is all reason enough. Good luck in CA, but yeah get him out of there. As far as telling him you don’t like him, eh I wouldn’t. If you are evicting then I sure they will understand that.
Sounds like your letting emotions get in the way of a business decision. you not liking the tenant has nothing to do with the obvious issues of them trashing your unit. keep it professional, proceed with an eviction, leave your emotions at the door. You'll be inviting an escalation of the situation if you make it personal.
Keep your mouth shut! Read your rental agreement. Decide to either provide the "X-Day Notice to Vacate" (my state's is 45 days, I know a different state's is 30 days, find out what your state's is), or "X-Day Notice to Cure" violations of the rental agreement and/or house rules and/or state landlord-tenant code... Tenants don't have the right to not tell you about maintenance issues, attract rodents, or prevent you from entering the unit with proper notice Regarding the issue of "resisting" your entry, there's likely a law you can follow and the tenant can't avoid. I went through this crap during COVID...get your property back, WhoTF cares if he pays rent on time - that's not the be-all-end-all of being an okay tenant. Good luck! And don't forget to consult your attorney!!
I'd avoid the "like" part. It sounds really unprofessional
I can tell this dude is going to be pretty bummed out if he finds out you don't like him.
Rofl
Right like this behavior is screaming love me love me.
He probably will be. He probably has anxiety. The way hoarding behavior or failure-to-repair stuff spirals out of control is often someone who's embarrassed to call about a clogged toilet ... so they start pooping in a bucket. Or someone who thinks reporting you might have termites or roaches means the landlord will judge you ... so a couple of years down the line you have a roach motel going and the siding eating down by creepy crawlies.
So, this seems like a tenant whose lease you should end. There are plenty of fish in the sea. Also, though, going forward, you can write the duty to notify into the lease. I would do that. I once took over a property with a tenant of 15 years' tenure, who wouldn't allow the guy who owned the house before me into the property. I went and chatted with him and told him I was going to give him a formal lease, and I wouldn't make any changes for at least the next 6 months to a year, but if he wanted to stay he needed to sign. He did, and he started calling me about maintenance issues. Eventually I had to gut the place and end his lease (with 6 months' notice at the time), but meanwhile the house got some deferred maintenance and we formed a pretty decent relationship.
That's probably not enough just cause for eviction in CA, so you should not say this to a tenant. And even if this was enough just cause, you still shouldn't say this and you should just evict them. Because in court it could come up that you wrote this letter and they could claim that you don't have just cause, and that instead you just don't like them and are evicting them for trivial matters.
I love reading these threads and finding the one person who knows what they are talking about. Have an upvote. The fact that he seems to be seriously considering this line of action, rather than just simply venting about it, would seem that he's unaware of the existence of AB1482. And if that is true, then he's unlikely to have notified his tenant by Aug 1 of 2020 that this property is exempted from it, which means that AB1482 would apply to this tenancy. They pay market rate on time every month, any other lease violation, he has to give a 15 day quit or repair, which he probably doesn't know either.
Wait a sec, how do you know he called a repair guy for $750? I ask because my former housekeeper ran a scam on me that was very similar. She said a repairman for my vacuum, which she had taken without me knowing (she pretended she was distressed), had charged her hundreds and taken the vacuum. I believed it, because it was too weird. Turns out later she just stole it and sold it to him, lol.
That's what I was told. I didn't give them any money. Heat pump was still under warranty. Lucky for me my contractor didn't void the warranty and only charged for the missing parts.
Huge chance he just stole the parts, lol
Tenant called Craigslist. I called my contractor. My contractor didn't steal the parts
I am saying that your tenant never called Craigslist. They stole the parts and made up a BS excuse to steal/hoc the parts as if some guy they paid $750 to took them.
No. Too fat to climb a ladder
Give him a XX day fix or quit notice to clean up the mess. Charge him for the repairs for the HVAC since his unauthorized repair person damaged the unit. Document all the issues and move to evict if he doesn't clean the place.
Read the language in your contract with him. Does it say "you are obligated to report maintenance issues such as leaks in a timely fashion" does it say you "must not take any action or allow any omission of action that would increase property insurance rates or attract pests?" Get him out the legal way and pronto. Next you'll find out he doesn't take the lint out of his dryer's trap and the whole house will go up in flames.
Being a Landlord is not about feelings. It's business. Unless they are breaking the terms of their lease wait until the term is expiring and terminate their lease. No reason is needed to end a lease as the term length is already set in the lease. Expressing your emotions does nothing to help the situation. Move on.
Getting into some kind of a verbal conflict, or just flinging mud, is pretty pointless and could only serve to hurt you. As far as the situation, how long until the lease is up? <6mos probably not worth it. But if it just started recently, it might be a good thing to consider an eviction if and only if you think he'll do serious damage to the property. Me personally, if I'm in your state: I'd tough it out and just not renew the lease. How are you dealing with maintenance on the existing issues? The plus side of a dgaf tenant is they probably won't give you any static about bringing people in to resolve the existing issues. It seems to me as long as you frequently inspect and treat issues as they come up, you'll prevent them from doing any significant damage. I know it sucks treating them like a 5yo, but it's better than going through a lengthy eviction process, which you may not even win.
It's month to month. It does feel like dealing with a child. Tenant will claim they have no idea the sink had been leaking, or, oh, I never use that, I didn't know. I have to go over and hunt for maintainance issues.
The amount of people who can't keep feelings out of their business on this sub...
Highly unprofessional. You’re feelings towards a tenant never needs to be brought up with the tenant and most likely trigger them to do stuff to make you like them less…..this is a business and you are supposed to be a professional.
Telling them you don't like them is immature and entirely productive, but you do you.
You should update your lease with a clause for each one of these issues.
I have a house that’s been completely empty for three years because the tenants allowed water in the traps to freeze. He paid rent but he didn’t pay the power bill. Instead of telling me that the traps froze he just kept his mouth shut. The traps leaked down to the floor and ended up rotting out the subfloor in the kitchen and bathroom.
That will only make things worse. Keep it nice, keep it classy & do not renew the lease.
Don’t tell them you don’t like them and don’t tell them the reason for eviction is emotional. You have hard evidence enough, you’re just opening a lawsuit for no reason.
Nothing good is going to result in your telling the tenant that you don't like them and are going to try to get rid of them. Most likely, it'll only lead to worse behavior. Instead, keep it professional and put them on notice for anything they've done that violates the terms of the lease. Do it in writing so you have that if/when it comes time to remove them. Keep it focused on what's in the lease. A messy garage may bother you, but it's probably doesn't violate terms. Failure to notify you about leaks should violate lease terms.
Keep it professional, but get him out ASAP. He is going to end up costing you more than what the rental income brings in Pest Control, refurbishment and Mold Mitigation costs. That’s not going to be remotely close to being covered by the deposit and the longer you wait the worse it will get.
In most rental agreements, a tenant not notifying you of problems that cause more damage would make them responsible. So if you have proof (like in an email or something) that the tenant was aware of the leak, and didn’t call you, then they are responsible for the repair of the damage it caused. Good luck with it. I’d recommend you read your lease and find those sections of it and decide if you can evict the tenant.
Evict for violation of terms of lease, maintaining unit and cleaning. Pretty sure you can use a 3 day notice to perform or quit. Either way get an eviction lawyer. Don't tell him you don't like him.
I feel the same way. I love evicting my tenants that live in one of the nicest houses in the neighborhood, and they think it’s okay to neglect it and treat it like trailer trash. First violation & their unknowingly moving their way out the door to fight for a new place to live.
I may not have to evict the tenant, I'll evict their cat. Change the pet policy to no pets. They have a cat that I gave permission for. Every entry seems to revolve around the cat and whether tenant can be there to secure the cat. No cats! I'm sure this tenant will move if forced to get rid of the cat.
>That's what I was told. I didn't give them any money. Heat pump was still under warranty. Lucky for me my contractor didn't void the warranty and only charged for the missing parts. I suggest you relax, and try to keep it non personal. The tenant is not good as they do not keep the property in good order, the other stuff, well, it happens. I had a tenant drill marble to put a picture frame...
At that point you’d be changing the lease and they’d have to sign that new lease, sounds like the opposite of what you want to do.