Leave me hear your most rediculous landlord story
Leave me go first. Landlord friend of mine lost an apartment complex to ignorance.. Blacks decided to cook a hog in the bathtub. Burnt the whole apartment complex to the ground.
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Landlord is watching the Asheville evening news on Channel 13. There is a news report about a father/son team that has been busted for breaking into cars and stealing stereos in South Asheville. They show the mug shots, landlord sees that it is his tenants!
Police serve search warrant on the very nice $250,000 house, and find the laundry room stacked to the ceiling with hot car stereos.0 -
Another one.. Tenants move, Landlord meets rent a center to pickup furniture and big screen tv. Both enter home... nothing is there. Rent a Center guy accuses me of stealing goods. We come very close to fighting. I tell him to get off the property. I go home. Tenant calls two days later for security deposit refund. I get address in Charlotte, NC. I call rent a center. 3 hours later rent a center calls me. Furniture and big screen picked up. Tenants arrested for stolen goods over state lines. Rent a center guy says he is sorry. 0 -
Last place I rented before buying, had several wonderful things happen. First, we go over and look around the place, and it's a nice place but dirty. Carpets are a mess, bathrooms and kitchen are dirty, hasn't been painted in a few years, etc. The previous tenant has moved out and the placed hasn't been professionally cleaned and painted yet. (In my area that's a standard procedure done everytime a place changes hands. The landlord has he place cleaned and painted.) A couple days later we go over and sign the lease, and while there there the Century 21 property management people ask us if anything needs to be done to the property. I'm thinking of busted windows or missing dishwashers or whatever, and I say no. Ok, we all sign. A week later we go to move in, and the place is still a hole. Still dirty, hasn't been touched. We have the Uhaul for another six hours and it's a Sunday, so we move in.
I call Century 21 on Monday, and the lady says that I said nothing else needed to be done. WTH? You're supposed to clean the place, I tell her. No we're not, she replies. I point out that VA law says the place needs to be "broom clean" at the least, and empty pizza boxes on the kitchen floor and toilet paper all over the bathroom falls far short of that. Oh, OK, she'll send out a cleaning crew. Let me tell you, with carboard boxes and furniture all over the place, the cleaning doesn't go all that well.
Then, as we do the formal move-in inspection. I make a note and take pictures of everything that's wrong. I notice that the dishwasher leaks. Badly. I write that on the sheet, and add that I'm worried it might damage the floor / basement ceiling. Nothing is done while we live there, and the basement ceiling slowly rots and stains. At the final checkout, the inspector asks me why the heck I never told anybody. I show him the inspection report we mailed in, and he said, "Oh."
Two months before our lease was up, I get a message on the answering machine saying, "Sorry, we need your house now and you have to be out in two weeks." Three freaked-out hours later I get another call saying, "Oh, sorry, we called the wrong place."
The capper, though, was when we moved out. When we signed the lease I told the lady that we would not be building any fires, and that I wanted a provision saying I'd have the chimney cleaned (around here that's about $300) taken off the lease. We dickered, and she agreed that I could just have it inspected ($90). She promised me that the previous tenant had it professionally cleaned, so if I don't build any fires I'd been off the hook for only $90. We build no fires and when it's time to move out have the thing inspected. The inspector says the chimney is filthy and cleaning it is going to be a $400 job. I pitch a fit. Ok, ok, only $90.
Then the property management people didn't show for the first walk-through, finally showed for the second. My roommate and I had spent two days cleaning the hell out of the place, and they complained about the scratched up walls. We showed them pictures from when we moved in. Oh, they said.
The property management company had, by law, 21 days to get our money back to us. They took 45. "We're busy," they told me.
I will, never, ever, ever, ever rent again. Complete PITA. (To be fair, though, I had rented for 12 years, and this was the worse case by fair. Other landlords had done an OK, and in a occasion or two, good job. Although, one guy came by and told me I needed to spend the weekend digging up stumps with him in the backyard. I asked him why, and he told me because I lived there. I pulled out the lease and asked him to show me the digging-up-stumps provision, and he stormed off.)0 -
Seems many landlords think their only responsibility is to cash the rent check.
I rented a house where the heat went out. It was a Wed night and I call dude Thurs. morning. He says he will have a buddy stop by to look at it. I call that evening, , "oh, he hasn't been by yet?". Friday comes and goes, noone at the house. I call that evening and landlord sounds surprised that his buddy hasn't been there yet, but it will have to wait til Mon since noone is open the weekend. I do some calling and find a real, licensed repair place open Sat. I tell the landlord and he calls them out. They say the heat pump is shot and needs to be replaced. I have them put this in writing and they talk to the landlord. He ignores them and has bubba do a temp repair that lasts 3 days.
Now I do the 3am calling thing. I figure if the landlord knows the heat pump is bad and it is just a matter of time, he should also be woken up in the wee hours by a cold 6 mo. old baby.[V] the heat pump got changed, but it was pulling teath to get the POS to do the right thing.
I have been in the military for 15 years and have moved half a dozen times. It seems the complexes and bigger outfits are less the problem tan the small time schmuck out to make a fortune on 2 or 3 houses. They are too small to properly care for the homes, but want a premium for them.
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earlwellman, this is typical, when a tenant " gets involved" in a repair. Most landlords frown big time on this. Calling at 3 am won't get anything cooperation either. Sometimes things happen. But, the landlord was wrong not to take the other service mans advice to replace the unit. Repairing junk makes junk. I never replace any appliance with a used appliance. Buy new. Appreciate your post. 0 -
"Guy I know" starts dating a college gal when he went back to college, after 15+ years away.
Gal is 20 years old.
Landlord kicks out guy, says he wants "Christian" tenant.0 -
I have signed a lot of leases. None with the "Christian" clause. 0 -
that is totally rediculous. 0 -
More than radiculous, grounds for a law suit. Landlord may as well have signed the deed to the tenent as to evict him for religious reasons. A good lawyer would have eaten the landlord alive. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by nunn
quote:my dad had a guy who refused to pay the rent, eviction was taking forever, dad stopped by one day to replace the windows, and doors, took the doors off, but did not return for a few weeks, is was the middle of January, needless to say the guy moved out
Pull crap like that in Texas and your tenant will own the house and get a monthly check from you to boot. That is a security issue.
Did I ever tell you about the landlord I put in jail for refusing to get off his own property? It was a hoot! I love to do stuff after some yahoo tells me I can't.
Now there is something to be proud of. Putting someone in jail for being on their own property. Didn't they pay tax on that property that pays your paychecks??0 -
My first and only apartment stint. All apts have hardwood. The upstairs neighbor (4 level garden apts) walks around the apt from 1am to 4am every night in what seems to be high heels non stop. Has sex about once a week to boot. Floors/ceilings paper thin. I complain a lot and 2 months later they move me to a nicer top floor apt 2 buildings down.
BTW: When I leave the apt is in move in condition and they screw me on the security deposit anyway (dang Charles E. Smith!).0 -
earlwellman, actually in SC a Landlord needs no reason to evict. When the lease or month to month agreement comes up, the Landlord simply gives Last Time Rent accepted. The Tenant has 30 days to move on a month to month. On a lease the Landlord would give a 30 day notice prior to the lease expiring. I have only done this twice since 1991. Tenant actually took me to court to find out why I would not renue the agreement. I did not have to answer. Tenant was ordered to vacate. Each time rent is paid the agreement is renewed on a month to month agreement. 0 -
It is not that he needs a reason, but when he states religion as a reason, he opened a can of worms. He has come against the "equal opportunity act". If he had given no reason or another reason, he would be in his right.
A case of discrimination, courts love them.[:D]0 -
Your right, In a court say little as possible to get your point across. Basically by saying " in a Christian manner " he was referring to behavior of the tenant. That is a thin ice catagory. 0 -
I rented a large shop to a guy to do body work in. He got two months behind on his rent so late on a Sat. night, I went in and took all of his tools (air compressor, welder, two full tool boxes of hand tools, etc.). This was about a $10,000 value for his $1000 behind in rent. I hid them in another building I owned. He let me know of the missing tools and I let him know of the late rent. I told him if his rent got paid up, his tools might magically return. He called the cops, but since there was no evidence, they couldn't do anything. In a small town, it's hard to get a warrent on the weekends. By that Sunday afternoon, he paid his rent in full. That sunday night, I returned his tools. He kept renting from me for two more years and was never late again. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by MASTERofNONE
Yes. And it's quite effective. [;)]
JJ and the reverands have legalized it.0 -
I have not been a "rentee", only a "renter". I doubt I could put up with the BS (late rent, people trashing house). I also wouldn't risk going to jail for robbery to get $1000 in late rent. Good or bad, laws shouldn't be broken: changed but not broken. If you live by a good moral code, you should be able to keep your life on a road between the legal "ditches".
I'm also pretty scared of jail. They don't call it the pokey for nothin'[;)]0 -
I am a (LANDLORD).I treat my renters great.Laws are simple take care of the property pay the rent on time no problems.Something breaks i fix it.We are all not bad!!!!!!!! 0 -
quote:Now there is something to be proud of. Putting someone in jail for being on their own property. Didn't they pay tax on that property that pays your paychecks??
The tenant, who had lawful possession of the property, asked him to leave. I told him that he would have to do as the tenant asked, or be arrested. The choice was his, and he made the wrong one.
If paying taxes is all it takes to gain immunity from arrest, no one would be arrested. Reckon we ought to check with the county tax office and see how much an individual paid in tax last year before deciding whether to arrest?
Funny stuff that.0 -
i have a pretty good one from back in college, but is on the X rated side. if ya want it . . . . 0 -
I rented a house where the heat went out. It was a Wed night and I call dude Thurs. morning. He says he will have a buddy stop by to look at it. I call that evening, , "oh, he hasn't been by yet?". Friday comes and goes, noone at the house. I call that evening and landlord sounds surprised that his buddy hasn't been there yet, but it will have to wait til Mon since noone is open the weekend. I do some calling and find a real, licensed repair place open Sat. I tell the landlord and he calls them out. They say the heat pump is shot and needs to be replaced. I have them put this in writing and they talk to the landlord. He ignores them and has bubba do a temp repair that lasts 3 days.
Now I do the 3am calling thing. I figure if the landlord knows the heat pump is bad and it is just a matter of time, he should also be woken up in the wee hours by a cold 6 mo. old baby. the heat pump got changed, but it was pulling teath to get the POS to do the right thing.
Tenants have rights assigned to them by state law. The landlord has an obligation to provide you with a habitable dwelling. Now, if the spigot in the back yard is broken and the landlord takes a month to fix it, you have a slack landlord, but you do have a habitable dwelling.
On the other hand, if the heat is out in the winter, you do not have a habitable dwelling. The lease you signed is a contract and the landlord has to live up to his end of it. If he doesn't get that heat fixed immediately, depending on how cold it is of course, the landlord has to put you up in a motel until the heat is repaired. If this went before a judge, and it came out that you had a baby freezing in that house, your landlord would be up a creek.
You have to stand up for your rights. Read the tenant/landlord law in your state and find out how to stand up for your rights.
Likewise, the story of the landlord removing the doors on a deadbeat tenant in the middle of winter, Verboten! No matter how much of a deadbeat the tenant was, if the tenant took legal action against such a landlord, the landlord would have a very bad day in court.
The tenant also has legal remedies to get a security deposit returned, if the house is not damaged.0 -
The tenant pays for electric and if they do not pay the bill it is turned off. Electric is not required in SC for a tenant to stay in a dwelling if power is cut off. 0 -
Back in NYC, there were/are 24/7 hotlines for tenants to call and report no heat, no electric, no gas, etc., especially in the winter. If a landlord ignores or drags his/her feet on resolving a true emergency, inspectors go out, citations get issued if necessary and if it escalates, heavy fines are assessed against the landlord and the occasional jail term is handed down for contempt.
Granted, there are far more complaints made than there are inspectors to investigate, but those landlords who do get caught up in the works can be in for a very rough and expensive time if they take the low road.0 -
quote:Originally posted by nunn
quote:Now there is something to be proud of. Putting someone in jail for being on their own property. Didn't they pay tax on that property that pays your paychecks??
The tenant, who had lawful possession of the property, asked him to leave. I told him that he would have to do as the tenant asked, or be arrested. The choice was his, and he made the wrong one.
If paying taxes is all it takes to gain immunity from arrest, no one would be arrested. Reckon we ought to check with the county tax office and see how much an individual paid in tax last year before deciding whether to arrest?
Funny stuff that.
This still doesn't take away from the fact that you and all your colleagues accross the country make a living by extorting the publics money with a badge and a gun. a regular protection racket.
If you think this is not true consider what you guys do to people who do not pay tribute.
And no I never asked for police "services". With the second amendment everybody should be able to take care of themselves0 -
Sounds like what happens when landlord dosent fix breaker box.quote:Originally posted by select-fire
Got another one.. Tenants don't pay utility bill and burn candles for light. Home is burnt to the ground.0 -
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
Leave me go first. Landlord friend of mine lost an apartment complex to ignorance.. Blacks decided to cook a hog in the bathtub. Burnt the whole apartment complex to the ground.
Damn those uppity darkies. One minute they're demanding lights and heat, the next they're cookin' a hog in the bathtub...
Hold on, I think my vintage Corvette dealer is calling.0 -
It must really suck to be you, all the problems you seem to have with tenants and all. Perhaps you should sell all your rentals, and maybe you could afford to have another group of illegals to build you a nicer house to rent, maybe then you could get a little better class of tenents.quote:Originally posted by select-fire
The tenant pays for electric and if they do not pay the bill it is turned off. Electric is not required in SC for a tenant to stay in a dwelling if power is cut off.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Fatboy lives
It must really suck to be you, all the problems you seem to have with tenants and all. Perhaps you should sell all your rentals, and maybe you could afford to have another group of illegals to build you a nicer house to rent, maybe then you could get a little better class of tenents.quote:Originally posted by select-fire
The tenant pays for electric and if they do not pay the bill it is turned off. Electric is not required in SC for a tenant to stay in a dwelling if power is cut off.
I don't rent. I own. And once again the Builder we hired used their own help. BUT..... since I seen how hard Mexicans work, I am going to hire some LEGAL American Mexicans , Pay them $25 a hour CASH, let then do their own 10-99 to pay taxes for my hydroseed business.[:D]0 -
quote:Originally posted by Bullzeye
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
Leave me go first. Landlord friend of mine lost an apartment complex to ignorance.. Blacks decided to cook a hog in the bathtub. Burnt the whole apartment complex to the ground.
Damn those uppity darkies. One minute they're demanding lights and heat, the next they're cookin' a hog in the bathtub...
Hold on, I think my vintage Corvette dealer is calling.
Actually my friends apartment complex was a Section 8 low income housing. I don't rent to section 8 low income people. My choice.0 -
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
Actually my friends apartment complex was a Section 8 low income housing. I don't rent to section 8 low income people. My choice.
I know, I know. And you ended up renting to one anyway. And instead of thanking you profusely for your selfless display of the White Man's Burden (since you became a landlord in a self-professed act of supreme charity) and perhaps offering to make you some pancakes or polish your fleet of vintage Corvettes, she instead gets uppity and starts bothering you about lights and heat!
I swear, where's Orval Faubus when you need him? Somebody needs to remind these people of their place.
Lights and heat...*huff*....the nerve...0
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