Re: Don't want to move... - Landlord Forum thread

Re: Don't want to move... by Anonymous on April 27, 2012 @23:02

Money, lots of it, would make me change my mind and permit a tenant to stay, but that's just me and I'm not your LL. You probably couldn't afford the amount of money I'd raise your rent, so that's why you'd be getting a notice of termination of tenancy.

It's not personal. The LL doesn't owe you anything for being a good tenant. The property belongs to the LL.

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Re: Don't want to move... by Jake on April 27, 2012 @23:20	[ Reply ]

"The LL doesn't owe you anything for being a good tenant. The property belongs to the LL." This just does not sound like the right attitude. I would like to hear from all the other landlords who believe a good tenant has no value and deserves no consideration.

Re: Don't want to move... by Anonymous on April 28, 2012 @03:13	[ Reply ]

Bottom line, it is the LL's decision, no matter how good the tenant is.

Re: Don't want to move... by Jake on April 28, 2012 @09:01	[ Reply ]

"The LL doesn't owe you anything for being a good tenant." I am talking about all tenants. Not just this one. This kind of attitude toward good tenants is just not good business.

Re: Don't want to move... by Anonymous on April 28, 2012 @08:03	[ Reply ]

If the LL wants to sell the home because they can't afford it or simply don't want to be a landlord anymore, it doesn't matter how good the tenant has been. The LL doesn't owe the tenant anything other than giving them extra time to find housing. Would you keep a house you couldn't afford and didn't want anymore just because a tenant was good? Jake, you always write that the landlord is in control and they are a business not a charity. Good tenants deserve consideration and have value but not so much as to keep a property they simply want to be rid of for whatever reason.

Re: Don't want to move... by Jake on April 28, 2012 @16:01	[ Reply ]

"Good tenants deserve consideration and have value but not so much as to keep a property they simply want to be rid of for whatever reason." This is where I need to invoke the idiot clause because I never said that. Put your bifocals on straight and read it again. Stop adding to it and changing it to suit you.

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Re: Don't want to move... by P-Bone in WNY (NY) on April 30, 2012 @15:44	[ Reply ]

The problem is not whether or not you've been a good tenant, but the business management she would like to pursue. Maybe even having you as a good tenant she can't afford the house. A lot of times, a house with a tenant is difficult to sell. Some investors won't even touch it unless it's empty. So you have to pull yourself out of it and just understand she's making a business decision that unfortunately results in her needing the house vacated, of which she has every right.