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Landlord hourly wage to charge against sec dep by Linda Turner (California) on April 19, 2018 @14:53

                              
What can a landlord charge a tenant for the hourly labor needed to fix the damages caused by a tenant when doing it himself?
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Re: Landlord hourly wage to charge against sec dep by Anonymous on April 19, 2018 @16:04 [ Reply ]
judges typically look with a squinty eye at LL self charges for labor time and dollar rates for repairs. Most judges really don't know what stuff costs or how long it takes to do. we take our chances on this stuff. there are judges who toss it all out, reduce the bottom line or cut reasonable hourly dollar rates arbitrarly in half.

In major cities higher dollar amounts are in order. On work I self-do,...I charge $20. / hr for semi-skilled handyman rates,...$30 for skilled handyman type work and $45. for skilled tradesperson work. I'm very fair with time calculations. photos and detailed descriptions on settlement statements are necessary. I do not charge a contractors mark up but on large dollar total re-works, I sometimes charge a ''supervision'' or ''construction management and coordination fee''.

generally, the units that are left trashed are supported by a long paper trail over a short tenancy of a problem tenant, with multiple ''problem notices''. BE CAREFUL ABOUT RETALIATION CLAIMS BY TENANTS.

I might credit at end of summary, a supportable amount for ''normal w&t and depreciation''.
Re: Landlord hourly wage to charge against sec dep by Stephen (Washington (WA)) on April 20, 2018 @13:31 [ Reply ]
Remember, if you charge for your own labor then that is income to you that you must declare and pay taxes on. You'll make "some" profit as your tax rate is less than 100% but is it really worth the hassle? Hire it out or don't charge for your labor (unless you just want to stick it to the tenant and even then hiring Merry Maids seems more efficient.)

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