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Dear Mr. Reno:
We have a lease with tenants until end of June 2011. They called to say they bought a house and are moving out. They have 5 months remaining on the lease, can we expect to receive the 5 months in payment? They did not notify us within the 60 days as stipulated by the lease. They also tried to come up with some reasons to break the lease (or so it seems to us) as they had to be in negotiations when they said the oil burner was too loud for them to sleep. We contacted our boiler company and they couldn’t come out for 2 weeks, and then it took another 2 weeks to fix. What should our expectations be when we speak about the broken lease? The tenant’s include a retired ADA from Santa Clara, CA.
Thank you, Kathleen, NH
A: You probably have a law suit brewing after they leave. Send them a certified letter that you'll be holding them responsible for any months during the lease that the apartment is vacant. That should get a rise out of them.
Dear Mr. Reno:
Most of my tenants are 2 friends/ couple that sign a month to month lease with me. They are all mostly 30 yrs. and younger. I've run into problems when one tenant wants to move out- and the other tenant has a hard time finding a new roomate. Would the remaining Tenant be legally responsible for the whole months rent after his/her roommate moves on? Can I keep the leaving tenants security deposit to put towards the rent? Thanks. Ms. D. Giardina, MA
A: This comes up often. If 2 or more tenants sign one lease, they're all fully responsible for the whole rent. If a roommate leaves, that's their problem - not yours. The security does not apply to only one half of the tenants - it goes for the whole thing. So don't get involved. Let them sort it out.
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Toilet bowl maintenance can save you money
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The flapper was not shut tight against the bottom of the toilet. It was a constant run of water. Could this be the cause?
I changed the guts of the toilet with a repair kit for $9.99. The next water bill went down and now our water bill is back to the average $40.
Now when we prep our houses for new tenants, we change the toilet bowl guts as part of the normal routine.
- Lou, BVR Management, Inc., LPA member since 2001
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We always try to say the right things during the rental process, but sometimes the prospective tenants hear something that scares them off. Most savy landlords know what to say and what not to say, but amazingly, people still say stupid things to prospective tenants. Here is a helpful and sometimes humorous look at what I have personally heard landlords say to prospective tenants.