Re: Dealing with difficult tenant - Landlord Forum thread

Re: Dealing with difficult tenant by Anonymous on July 2, 2012 @21:50

Why is your property in such poor condition?
You are lucky the tenant has not reported you to the health or building code department.
You should have made all the repairs before you raised her rent. That was bad on your part, as it could come back to bite you if you are fined for having your rental not up to code.

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Re: Dealing with difficult tenant by Anonymous on July 2, 2012 @22:03	[ Reply ]

Your answer is actually NOT addressing what that poster needs advice on. You are only scolding. They want to get everything repaired. The tenant is slowing the progress down by only allowing work to be done when she wants. The poster wants advice on how she should approach the tenant so they both get what they want sooner rather than much much later.

Re: Dealing with difficult tenant by Anonymous on July 2, 2012 @22:11	[ Reply ]

You don't get patted on the back for being a slumlord! The tenant has been there for a long time and repairs are still going on! She has a new born and has a right to not be bothered with constant repairs because the landlord let the property fall into disrepair.

Re: Dealing with difficult tenant by Anonymous on July 2, 2012 @22:19	[ Reply ]

You still did not provide any useful advise to the situation.

Re: Dealing with difficult tenant by Phillip on July 2, 2012 @22:20	[ Reply ]

Again, the assumptions. Go screw buddy. First you say to repair her place to raise rent, then you say she has the right to not be bothered to make such repairs? I did not "let" anything fall into disrepair. With that idiotic assumption, I guess I have owned it since it weas built 100 years ago? Stop posting ot my question, you are not helpful in the least.

Re: Dealing with difficult tenant by Phillip on July 2, 2012 @22:18	[ Reply ]

The property is in "poor" condition because it has been taken over from a previous deadbeat landlord. Well over $25,000 has already been invested into this property since, and this womans apartment is next. The unit is still far above slum level, especially considering the cheap rent and the fact that she has not paid for about half the time she has been there under the previous landlord. Good enough answer?

Re: Dealing with difficult tenant by NY-LL on July 3, 2012 @01:45	[ Reply ]

Most of the anonymous posters on the LPA website are regular delinquent tenant posters from other “free advice” websites. Feel free to ignore their rhetoric. Their perspectives are skewed due to a lack of financial accountability to the property and moral obligation for either the landlord or lease agreement. While I am being kind, some landlords just call the "TROLLS."

Re: Dealing with difficult tenant by Anonymous on July 3, 2012 @10:15	[ Reply ]

What is the fair market value of an apartment with a bad roof, bad windows and bad appliances?

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