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Re: Rats/Deposit by dick on May 27, 2017 @07:06

                              
Find a new property management company. Forget about chasing the T that were evicted. Just more money spent chasing to get a judgment with NO guarantee that you will ever see the money.
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Re: Rats/Deposit by June (Texas) on May 27, 2017 @08:24 [ Reply ]
Honestly I was thinking the same thing. We can eat the costs of the repairs. While it took longer than required to eliminate the rodent problem, we did get it done. And I also agree as someone said earlier- if the problem was THAT bad, why didn't they move? Lots of apartments in the DFW area.
Thanks all.
    Re: Rats/Deposit by Anonymous on May 27, 2017 @08:48 [ Reply ]
    Your ex-tenants can always take you to court years down the road. You are in violation of state law and in breach of your own lease. No, the tenants do not necessarily need to move out, they can just show that you failed to remedy the rat problem and are liable for damages to them under Texas law. Stop blaming the tenants for your failure to be a good landlord. It was your legal duty, not the tenants!
    Re: Rats/Deposit by Anonymous on May 27, 2017 @11:12 [ Reply ]
    Texas is a very landlord friendly state. :)
    Re: Rats/Deposit by Alex on May 27, 2017 @11:23 [ Reply ]
    " While it took longer than required to eliminate the rodent problem, we did get it done. And I also agree as someone said earlier- if the problem was THAT bad, why didn't they move?"

    So what happens when your ex-tenants write a letter to your current tenants explaining about the rats and that you did nothing for three months. Your current tenants will then complain about repairs and wonder every little sound at night is rats?

    Instead of wondering why the tenants did not move, maybe you should be more concern about not being a slumlord who lets tenants live in rat infested conditions.

      Re: Rats/Deposit by Anonymous on May 27, 2017 @13:11 [ Reply ]
      Usually when the property owner hires a management company to handle a rental property. You expect that these type of issues are being handled by the management company. That's the whole point of the management company. duh

      I find that in a lot of cases with roaches and rats problems. It is caused by T leaving food out that lure the pest. Especially in SFH. Many times the T don't report the issue until the home is over run with the infestation. Then the T expect immediate results. These T look for a way to win a few months living for free. I just evict to give them a record to follow them. Eviction T, don't get in my houses for 10 years following a eviction, and then only with clean records in the court for years.
      I laugh when I get to run some of the T applications and see all the lies that they think will be un noticed. Then they wonder why I don't call them back. Ha ha ha.

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