More Landlording problems
I'm going to sell the rental house after the new renters move out. I can't take the aggravation.
Ever meet one of those people that just have to talk about their problems, whether you care or not? And the same type of people that no matter what is going on in your life, something they have going on is much, much worse? Apathists? Yea, that was our ex-tenant.
Generally, these same type of people tend to think everyone in the world is against them (obviously because everything is going wrong fromt their point of view), but in reality the whole reason they think everyone in the world is against them is because the person in question has absolutely no capability to see any given situation from a non-biased third-person perspective.
Allow me to elaborate on a specific example:
The said ex-tenant signed the lease for which the rent was $850. The security deposit we had asked for was miniscule compared to the rent: $150. Well, push come to shove we eventually had to ask this tenant to leave due to repeated lease violations and also 3 consecutive late rent payments.
That's the wrong thing to do to a person with this type of personality.
So, she gets upset but agrees to leave on her on good will--which is all we're allowed to do as Landlords under state law. They took over 30 days to vacate, which is over the maximum allotted... but we didn't ask for additional rent. We just wanted them out.
In addition, they were late by a small amount on the previous month's rent, which again, we didn't ask for--we just wanted them out.
So, over a month after they left, I get an email asking where the $150 security deposit is going. Here's what I was left with:
Ever meet one of those people that just have to talk about their problems, whether you care or not? And the same type of people that no matter what is going on in your life, something they have going on is much, much worse? Apathists? Yea, that was our ex-tenant.
Generally, these same type of people tend to think everyone in the world is against them (obviously because everything is going wrong fromt their point of view), but in reality the whole reason they think everyone in the world is against them is because the person in question has absolutely no capability to see any given situation from a non-biased third-person perspective.
Allow me to elaborate on a specific example:
The said ex-tenant signed the lease for which the rent was $850. The security deposit we had asked for was miniscule compared to the rent: $150. Well, push come to shove we eventually had to ask this tenant to leave due to repeated lease violations and also 3 consecutive late rent payments.
That's the wrong thing to do to a person with this type of personality.
So, she gets upset but agrees to leave on her on good will--which is all we're allowed to do as Landlords under state law. They took over 30 days to vacate, which is over the maximum allotted... but we didn't ask for additional rent. We just wanted them out.
In addition, they were late by a small amount on the previous month's rent, which again, we didn't ask for--we just wanted them out.
So, over a month after they left, I get an email asking where the $150 security deposit is going. Here's what I was left with:
- A broken front storm door, the actual door frame is destroyed since the door was left open during high winds
- The house was trashed, junk laying on the floor. Nowhere near how it was when it was move-in time
- The ex-tenant would not surrender the last house key so I was forced to rekey the entire house.
The best part is that this ex-tenant had worked out agreements with her roommate (whom resigned with us) that the security deposit would be paid by the ex-tenant in question, etc.
Somehow or another, the ex-tenant seems to believe that I somehow owe them part of the security deposit because "it wasn't all their fault: the roommate lived there too". Eh... that wasn't my deal in the making. You two worked them out.
How come people can't fess up responsibity anymore? I seem like the last one.
If I ever have a kid, the shithead is going to fess up for every single time they piss on the toilet seat. I will not and cannot deal with these type of people anymore. It's just mind-boggling.