Re: Getting tenants new address - Landlord Forum thread 342854

Re: Getting tenants new address by Anonymous (West Virginia) on February 6, 2016 @20:42

And do you really expect me to pay for a storage unit for this stuff when I know they're not going to claim it?

How do I avoid wasting that money?

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Re: Getting tenants new address by Anonymous on February 6, 2016 @20:56	[ Reply ]

If you intend to remain a landlord in West Virginia, you have to follow the law. That law says you have to store it for between 30-60 days. If you do not do this, then you have broken the law and the tenant can sue you, the courts can punish you. If you cannot do the way the law says, then quit being a landlord.

Re: Getting tenants new address by Anonymous (West Virginia) on February 6, 2016 @21:37	[ Reply ]

Do you know how expensive storage units are? That's ridiculous. Why don't they just take their damn stuff.

Re: Getting tenants new address by Anonymous on February 6, 2016 @22:05	[ Reply ]

No one says you have to place it in a storage unit. I made a pile of tenant's stuff in my backyard and tossed a tarp over it. Nothing was damaged in the 30 days I was required to keep it and it only cost me the price of moving it there. I sold most of it to recoup the cost of moving it and then some after the statutory time passed and the tenant made no claim for it.

Re: Getting tenants new address by Garry (Iowa) on February 6, 2016 @22:17	[ Reply ]

Don't go bonkers just yet. No one has said you need to go out and rent a large storage unit for $100/ month. That's only a last resort, and only if they left you a large amount of furniture or other stuff that you would need a garage stall to pack it all in floor to ceiling. Your first post 2 days ago only mentioned small, boxable items, that I said could be "stored" in a closet, basement, back of your garage, or in an attic. And even if YOU don't have room for them at your place, maybe you have a friend or relative who DOES have room. All LLs must make reasonable decisions based on the items that were left. "Storing" peoples things does not always mean you have to PAY to store them. But, if you do pay to store the items, most states allow you to charge those costs to the tenant. And if the T never comes to get them, most states allow you to sell the Ts items, to re-coup the storage costs you paid. That's what the "Storage Wars" that you've seen on TV the last few years are all about------selling peoples items once they quit paying to store them, to re-coup their loss of rents from that unit.

Re: Getting tenants new address by Anonymous on February 7, 2016 @05:19	[ Reply ]

well, this now sounds like troll post. no landlord is this stupid, hopefully!