Landlord Experiences?

LBrown59 · Jan 7, 2005

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All of a sudden I had calls from folks who though they shouldn't have to change burnt out light bulbs. I had folks call me that didn't know how to use toilet plungers. I had a guy with a low slung sports car call me when we had only 2 inches of snow because his hot rod was scraping bottom.
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 The best one along those lines that happened to me was when the guy I was renting a trailer space to quit paying the rent and got a couple of months behind.
When I told him he had to catch up the rent or move he said He wasn't going to pay the rent because the water well pump was connected to his electric meter and he refused to move too.
Guess he thought the pump hooked to his meter entitled him to live there rent free for the rest of his life.

OkeeDon · Jan 7, 2005

"...he said He wasn't going to pay the rent because the water well pump was connected to his electric meter..." 

Let me see if I understand this correctly. As the owner, you were stealing the electricity that he was paying for in order to pump the water for the entire trailer park, at no cost to you? And you think he had no right to be upset?

PineRidge · Jan 7, 2005

It's hard to justify stealing from a tenant to pump water for the whole building. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

If a tenant knows about a shared pump on their meter up front, and it's spelled out in the lease, and their rent is reduced to compensate them for that loss, then it might be O.K.

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bgott · Jan 7, 2005

Here in Texas you only want one name on the contract. If you have two or more names you have to evict each separate person. For example, If you rent to Joe Blow and John Doe, you have to file an eviction on Joe Blow and an eviction on John Doe. Now as far as names on the lease, if I went after these people every time they let someone else stay there I would constantly be running myself ragged chasing unauthorized people out. If they are paying the rent and not tearing the place up I turn a blind eye to an extra tenant or two. We have lots of immigrants here, they all live two families to a three bedroom trailer. Good people to rent to as long as I need a translator to talk to them. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Someone made comment on tenants calling about burned out light bulbs. Believe it or not, a whole lot of the **** can't change a light bulb. I hate having to dig a light bulb base out of the fixture because someone had never heard of "lefty losey- righty tighty". /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif I've went to ball valves for water shut off. These people can't turn the water off with a regular ballcock. I've watched them, they will turn the ball cock two turns to the right and then forget what they are doing and turn it all the way to the left and wonder why the water is still on. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

sweettractors · Jan 7, 2005

MarkV-We own, rent and sell rental property and acerage. The best advice I could give is to buy at least 75% below appraised value (at the courthouse) and then renting, and or selling is a lot easier to come out on the + side. We rent for a set amount for a property and that includes xyz maintainence (spelled out in the rental agreement. If the renter is capable, we sometimes offer to lower the rent by 10% and specify in the rental agreement that the renter agrees to fix ALL basic maintainence issues that may arise. I tell them upfront that I would like to be a friend, however, I dont want to be called about a broken/frozen water pipe or faucet leak, light bulb out, etc. EVER! Around here there is a "Old Saying" that you make your money/profit when you buy something (not when you sell it). I have found that there is a lot of truth to that. --Ken Sweet

Sweet Farm Equipment LLC

LBrown59 · Jan 7, 2005

( "...he said He wasn't going to pay the rent because the water well pump was connected to his electric meter..." Let me see if I understand this correctly. As the owner, you were stealing the electricity that he was paying for in order to pump the water for the entire trailer park, at no cost to you? And you think he had no right to be upset?)
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But does that entitle the tenant to live there for the rest of his life rent free? ?
Would you trade your house payment for your water bill?

LBrown59 · Jan 7, 2005

( It's hard to justify stealing from a tenant to pump water for the whole building. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

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But does that entitle the tenant to live there for the rest of his life rent free? ?
Would you trade your house payment for your water bill?

LBrown59 · Jan 7, 2005

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If a tenant knows about a shared pump on their meter up front, and it's spelled out in the lease, and their rent is reduced to compensate them for that loss, then it might be O.K.

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And how do they get water if the pump is disconnected from the meter????

LBrown59 · Jan 7, 2005

The best one along those lines that happened to me was when the guy I was renting a trailer space to quit paying the rent and got a couple of months behind.
When I told him he had to catch up the rent or move he said He wasn't going to pay the rent because the water well pump was connected to his electric meter and he refused to move too.
Guess he thought the pump hooked to his meter entitled him to live there rent free for the rest of his life.

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I don't see the term trailer park or Building listed here does anyone else?

People just don't pay anyattention to what they read.
Starting to get old getting put down for things i never said or did.

DUMBDOG · Jan 7, 2005

Could you please explain why he did not pay his rent then?

I do not think that he would not pay the rent if he was just paying the electricity for his own water would he?