sean
Registered: 08/02/09
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thanks OHlandlord to reply to my comment. Greg, Suzanne .W do these things for living, I am posting in my web site Amy's Story and her experience with them. they left her house in June/09
by the way I was screwed Financially more by 3 Lawyer that i have had, than I was by Greg and Suzanne W.
My lawyers would tell me what I had to pay to take my case in writting.and than after they had my money, they would ask for more money, I could not sue my own lawyers, they were the worst.
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my horror stories will make every landlord’s toes curl.
What’s the worst case scenario if you decide to become a landlord?
None paying tenants?
Damage to the fixtures and fittings?
A huge cleaning bill?
None payment for utilities bills?
Thrown in jail?
Extortion?
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only1gibby
Registered: 08/13/09
Posts: 1
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my tenant had a grease fire in the kitchen, we went right in there and cleaned up her mess for her thinking we were doing a good thing she wasn't even out of the house for a week. she paid the next months rent. then the month after didn't pay. I started the eviction process. went to court asking for a money judgment. she wanted a lawyer, they adjourned it a week. the next week she had a note in the case file she had been supenod as a witness. The judge decided to proceed(the judge in our court was not in so I has to go to a different court) so I go to get my writ and find out the tenant has filed a motion. So I go back to court. and now she is saying the house is unfit. so now the house has to be inspected. and I have to wait for a new court date. |
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Onenuttree
Registered: 09/03/09
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I have a question for anyone out there. I have a tenant who is threatening to sue me if I tell the new landlord anything at all except that he was a tenant. I live in PA. I thought we were allowed to say they were late with their rent and that they were also evicted. Can someone advise me? I'm relatively new to the landlord business and this is my first eviction. |
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NeedHelpASAP
Registered: 09/03/09
Posts: 6
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Thanks for the advice!
I'm trying to figure out wit 15 days notice to quit exist in Massachusetts and how to do them properly!
I went to court today getting already to evict this tenant. But all of sudden it gets dismissed because of a stupid date i put on the paper! I swear, the Court is ridiculous of not showing me how to do the Notice to Quit just because they can't give any legal advice.
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OHlandlord
Registered: 01/20/07
Posts: 1,836
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only1gibby, was this a section 8 tenant by any chance? Let us know how this works out.
NeedHelpASAP, I answered your questions (as best I could) on your other post.
Onenuttree, there are a few states who have a privacy issue about disclosing ANY information at all about a current or former tenant. Crazy, I know, but you'd have to search to see if PA is one of them. If it is, ask the tenant to sign a release to allow you to give information about him to prospective LLs. When he refuses, tell all callers simply that the person has refused to sign a release allowing you to verify ANYTHING about him at all. Then tell the caller nothing - don't even verify that he was a tenant. When they ask if he is a tenant, did he pay on time, was he a problem, and so forth, simply say, "I sure do WISH I could answer that but I'm not allowed." The caller will get the idea without you saying anything. If you filed eviction on him, you could simply suggest to all callers that they check all public records on prospective tenants to get more information. (You still told them nothing in particular about this tenant.)
If PA is not one of these nutty states, he can't sue you for slander if you only state factual information. If asked if he paid on time, you could report that you received rent late on 6 occasions (backed up by your payment records). If asked if he was a problem, you could state that the police came to his residence on 4 dates (and they could pull the court reports). Just make sure you say nothing opinionated, just facts.
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