Renters... Blahh

Aunt Marg said:
I'm surprised there isn't more strict laws that protect owners of properties damaged so badly by renters.
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It’s no different here in Canada.

We were landlords once - and only once.

Some people buy many places for decent prices and know how to screen & deal with tenants. There’s a lot of risk in that business.

During Covid times, tenants have even more power. You can’t kick them out even if they’re not paying the rent.
 

Jules said:
It’s no different here in Canada.

We were landlords once - and only once.

Some people buy many places for decent prices and know how to screen & deal with tenants. There’s a lot of risk in that business.

During Covid times, tenants have even more power. You can’t kick them out even if they’re not paying the rent.
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I'm such an anal person when it comes to cleanliness and properness, I wouldn't make it in the landlord world.

There should be a black list that follows disrespectful renters for life. It would be listed in a national/international data bank, where landlords could login and view a list of renters who left properties damaged, filthy, and caused more trouble than good.
 
Jules said:
@squatting dog What did your friend’s father finally decide to do with that place?
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Found someone who thinks they could fix it up. First he made them sign a disclosure that they went in knowing there would be a mold problem. Explained to them that it needed all the work I told of early plus when I went into the attic, I found the roof had leaked a bunch and there was soft spots.
We wished them luck.
 
My word don't these people have ANY self respect?
During my childhood we were renters and we always left properties as good or better than when we moved in
I don't understand Squatter's Rights either? The property is not theirs to begin with
There are often horror stories on TV of shocking conditions Landlords find when renters vacate
 
peramangkelder said:
My word don't these people have ANY self respect?
During my childhood we were renters and we always left properties as good or better than when we moved in
I don't understand Squatter's Rights either? The property is not theirs to begin with
There are often horror stories on TV of shocking conditions Landlords find when renters vacate
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It's a broken system (plain and simple), where landlords aren't doing enough to pull together as one and see to sweeping new rules, measures, regulations, and penalties associated with the abuse of rental properties.

There's a whole lot of complaining going on, but at the end of the day the destruction of rental properties continues, and without any legal recourse to recoup monies back to fix and repair damaged properties.

Re: squatters and the removal of such societal scum, call up every friend and neighbour one has and see to it that everyone has a wooden baseball bat in their hands at the time you go to cleanse your property of such.
 
I have managed up to 16 rentals and owned three of them. I dropped in every couple of months asking for a list of anything that needed to be repaired. I did the repairs and that gave me a chance to view the home. I never collected or mentioned rents at that time and offered small upgrades whenever I could. If I pulled nice things out of a remodel I added them to one of my units. The worst thing I found was needles and bongs in a basement room and as a friendly reminder, I cautioned the renter that if the police raid the house everything she owned goes into impound. My next visit found the place cleaner.
 
Perhaps certain people will look at those pictures and stop feeling so horrified by the number of people living on the streets. Many of them are homeless simply because they cannot look after a home. They have been evicted so many times that they have no choice but to live in shop doorways.
 
Thanks for the great ideas on what to do about my abusive (I refuse to refer to the jerk as any kind of "lord") owner who actually had the nerve to break into the house last night as I slept to "See how I'm doing" ?!?!?!? Threw him out on his ass and told him he's very lucky I do not own a firearm. :mad: Shoulda called the cops.
 
SetWave said:
Thanks for the great ideas on what to do about my abusive (I refuse to refer to the jerk as any kind of "lord") owner who actually had the nerve to break into the house last night as I slept to "See how I'm doing" ?!?!?!? Threw him out on his ass and told him he's very lucky I do not own a firearm. :mad: Shoulda called the cops.
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SetWave said:
Shoulda called the cops.
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Yes, you should have. Don’t you have laws in California that require the landlord to give notice?

What time of night was it?
 
In the interest of fairness, here are some pics of his other rental house when that renter left. o_O Stunning difference. Guess which renter will get a referral if they need one. :)
Almost renewed my faith in humanity. I have never seen a renter leave one this clean in my life.

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not all tenants are bad. if i know i'm getting my deposit back i'll clean. np. what bugs me is going into some of these rentals and they're dirty when you move in and they won't clean or take any money off the rent for making you do it.

i've only left two places with no notice. one was because the ants had nested in the entire house and had just started coming in one time and it was so bad they were coming out of every orifice in the house and dropping on me in my sleep. the landlord refused to take care of it so i left. i was not a dirty tenant nor did i leave food out on the counters and stuff. these ants were like a freak show.

then i lived at this apt building run by a slumlord. they have a rep of not giving back deposits and i had to load the car to move in the middle of the night because of the druggie neighbors.

otherwise i clean and try to make sure things are right before i go.

that's a beautiful house SD
 
My neighbor in the other half of my duplex had a rat problem. I never did and still do not. Our buildings are separated by a garage which means we do not share the crawl space under the house. The landlord started inspecting for rats in my crawl space which is inside my clothes closet and I have to clear out the closet on one side for them to access the crawl space door. They informed me 24 hours before they would inspect. Eventually my neighbor moved and the rat problem was taken care of. They started inspecting once a month and sometimes would tell me 24 hours in advance and more often they would not. I would get a knock on the door and I had to tell them I have not been told in advance and I cannot clean out the closet right now. Starting last week the inspector told me they will be inspecting once a week. I cannot believe they have a right to make me clean out my closet and give them access so they can find nothing, once a week. Not to mention the Oregon law states they have to give me 24 hours advanced notice to do so. I appreciate not having rats, but I believe they are taking this a little far at weekly. Maybe once a month, but even that seems a little too much.
Just ranting. I enjoy my privacy and am really getting tired of this unwelcome intrusion. Now that I retired I do not have the "I am at work" excuse. It's one thing when they follow the rules and inform me 24 hours in advance, but to get an unexpected knock on the door really gets me going. :mad:
 
chrislind2 said:
My neighbor in the other half of my duplex had a rat problem. I never did and still do not. Our buildings are separated by a garage which means we do not share the crawl space under the house. The landlord started inspecting for rats in my crawl space which is inside my clothes closet and I have to clear out the closet on one side for them to access the crawl space door. They informed me 24 hours before they would inspect. Eventually my neighbor moved and the rat problem was taken care of. They started inspecting once a month and sometimes would tell me 24 hours in advance and more often they would not. I would get a knock on the door and I had to tell them I have not been told in advance and I cannot clean out the closet right now. Starting last week the inspector told me they will be inspecting once a week. I cannot believe they have a right to make me clean out my closet and give them access so they can find nothing, once a week. Not to mention the Oregon law states they have to give me 24 hours advanced notice to do so. I appreciate not having rats, but I believe they are taking this a little far at weekly. Maybe once a month, but even that seems a little too much.
Just ranting. I enjoy my privacy and am really getting tired of this unwelcome intrusion. Now that I retired I do not have the "I am at work" excuse. It's one thing when they follow the rules and inform me 24 hours in advance, but to get an unexpected knock on the door really gets me going. :mad:
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In that situation, I would reply,
"Sorry, I'm busy now."
"Sorry, I need 24 hrs. notice."
"Sorry, I'm not feeling well. Contact me later."
 
@chrislind2 Do you have a really good rental rate? Maybe they’re trying to convince you to move.

I’d contact the state/local rental board to check out the rules and see how often they’re permitted to do an inspection. Once a week, or even monthly if there hasn’t been an issue, seems excessive. Seems like they have ulterior motives.
 
Jules said:
@chrislind2 Do you have a really good rental rate? Maybe they’re trying to convince you to move.

I’d contact the state/local rental board to check out the rules and see how often they’re permitted to do an inspection. Once a week, or even monthly if there hasn’t been an issue, seems excessive. Seems like they have ulterior motives.
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In Oregon, and often many other places too, it's an owners market. Meaning the rents are high and there are not many places even available to rent. It makes it really tough on the renters. If I had options to find another place I would. But it's the problem I was having when I moved where I am now. I felt lucky just to get this place, but it is not a neighborhood I would choose if I had a choice. I have enough money for a comfortable retirement, but not enough to buy a house in the current market. I have been here for 2 1/2 years, I pay my rent on time, I follow the rules, I do not bother my neighbors, and I never thought my worst nightmare would end up being weekly rat inspections. Monthly was not welcome, but weekly is really going too far. I have to put my foot down on the 24 hour notice. I am positive that is a hard and fast rule. At once a week I am effectively loosing all use of my closet where the foundation access door is. I cannot put things in that closet and take them out every week. It has to be either my landlord is very paranoid about rats, or the inspection company has talked him into monthly and now weekly inspections.
 
@chrislind2 --You should speak with a lawyer who does rental agreements (leases). You should never put up with such an invasion of your Private Tenant Rights, since they are preventing you from Enjoying Your Lease. Then if you find out they are breaking a law or lease, you should not let anyone in without ample notice.

They are being nuisances to you. Now go Report Them, Please!
 
The same happened to my sons bungalow he rented out.....
Both my sons had to gut the whole place out , re design and re build it ......
God knows what the agent was doing ,who was being paid a lot of money to keep an eye on the tenants .........
The bungalow is sold now .......!!
 
Rented accommodation here now, has gone crazy.....so expensive and loads of viewers ,
You can’t put holding deposits down, like you used to, and people are guzumping
Offering more monthly money ....... ,
 
charry said:
Rented accommodation here now, has gone crazy.....so expensive and loads of viewers ,
You can’t put holding deposits down, like you used to, and people are guzumping
Offering more monthly money ....... ,
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Same here. Less than 1% vacancy and people offering more to get the place.
 

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