Re: Tenant sues 2 years after (PA) - Landlord Forum thread 359492

Re: Tenant sues 2 years after (PA) by Daniel (CA) on July 11, 2019 @18:38

part of your problem is understanding that you are no longer in the negotiating/settlement stage but you are in the litigation stage.

so you could either default on the trial and pay whatever the judgment will be ( and this could end up on your credit report and reduce your score )
or you can defend it.

you should watch judge judy and peoples court for a week in order to understand how the judges treat such cases.

deal with facts only.
were you notified by the tenant?
did they give you a copy of an official property inspection report? (were you served with certified mail at any time between the issue and rekeying?)

if you're going to admit that there were 2 smoke detectors ( one defective one ) and one working one + ADT exposed wiring, then your case is over because you will be admitting knowledge of a housing defect.

so the answer to those 2 items should be
there was a working SD
you contacted ADT and they were sending someone to inspect the problem.

But as many used to say here: you are extremely lucky that these people didn't move in. the very fact that they are complaining about exposed wires shows that these people were bad tenants to begin with. The cheapest way to avoid bad tenants is whatever it takes to avoid them moving in to begin with...

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