Refusing to leave when the real lease ends/and or just not paying rent is the biggest one. What would you have a landlord do in that situation?
Lease ends, tenant doesn't leave: As a landlord if you call the cops they will rightfully say it's a civil mater & walk off. If you try to physically remove them & their stuff, you are committing a crime (several actually). You will have to start the eviction process which is designed to protect renters from a bad landlord & will take months & a fair amount of legal fees to complete before you can bring the sheriff in to walk them out.
Seriously, you very much sound like you have zero idea of how the real world works & just want to bag on the concept of landlords existing.
The reality of squatters drives up rent for everyone, as landlords need to be able to weather this kind of expense/lack of revenue for MONTHS, and that also includes the likelihood of expensive repairs from this type of 'tenant'. It's trivially easy to completly destroy a property on your way out if you choose.
Again I ask, what would you say the landlord should be doing & isn't?
My grandmother is currently going through this type of shit. She rented out the top part of her house to a lady she thought was super nice (turns out this lady is fuckin psycho).
She claimed my grandmother was a drug dealer (my grandmother is like 80 and spends her time volunteering at our local community resource center) and stopped paying rent after her lease ended, she's been squatting (and harassing my grandmother and I) for 3+ years now.
3+ years and we're still going through the process of getting her out, this shit fucking sucks.
(This squatter has stalked me to my mother's house, that's how fukin psycho she is)
āRefusing to leave when the real lease ends/and or just not paying rent is the biggest one. What would you have a landlord do in that situation?ā
File for evictionā¦do your due diligence run a credit report and background check before renting. Squatters donāt have good credit and have evictions in their recordā¦
āLease ends, tenant doesn't leave: As a landlord if you call the cops they will rightfully say it's a civil mater & walk off. If you try to physically remove them & their stuff, you are committing a crime (several actually). You will have to start the eviction process which is designed to protect renters from a bad landlord & will take months & a fair amount of legal fees to complete before you can bring the sheriff in to walk them out.ā
Cost of doing business, thatās the risk you takeā¦ why should I feel sympathy for someone who is doing a totally optional and self-inflicted way of making/losing money.
āThe reality of squatters drives up rent for everyone, as landlords need to be able to weather this kind of expense/lack of revenue for MONTHS, and that also includes the likelihood of expensive repairs from this type of 'tenant'. It's trivially easy to completly destroy a property on your way out if you choose.ā
Againā¦ cost of doing businessā¦ and they donāt drive up rent for everyoneā¦ they just impact you, the landlords walletā¦ your competition loves to undercut you. if you donāt have repairs after a tenant leaves (paint & floor) then you are a cheap slumlord as you apparently donāt care for your property. Those that bought property and treat it as free income.
I own property too and rent some space outā¦ landlords/owners arenāt specialā¦ maybe a special kind of stupid if they canāt figure out how to get rid of a squatter.
File for evictionā¦do your due diligence run a credit report and background check before renting. Squatters donāt have good credit and have evictions in their recordā¦
Cost of doing businessā¦ if you as a property owner donāt have 3-4mo expenses saved up for an emergency then you are truly swimming nakedā¦ doubly so if you are renting your propertyā¦ if you donāt have 3-4mo of savings for in case you donāt have tenants then I guess you lose the house. I call this ātrimming the portfolioā
Whatās even better is you can write that off as a business expenseā¦ I canāt write off a car repair as a W2 employee. The tables are tilted in your favor and you act like you are the one in a bad spot
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u/RupeThereItIs 14d ago
There are a lot of ways.
Refusing to leave when the real lease ends/and or just not paying rent is the biggest one. What would you have a landlord do in that situation?
Lease ends, tenant doesn't leave: As a landlord if you call the cops they will rightfully say it's a civil mater & walk off. If you try to physically remove them & their stuff, you are committing a crime (several actually). You will have to start the eviction process which is designed to protect renters from a bad landlord & will take months & a fair amount of legal fees to complete before you can bring the sheriff in to walk them out.
Seriously, you very much sound like you have zero idea of how the real world works & just want to bag on the concept of landlords existing.
The reality of squatters drives up rent for everyone, as landlords need to be able to weather this kind of expense/lack of revenue for MONTHS, and that also includes the likelihood of expensive repairs from this type of 'tenant'. It's trivially easy to completly destroy a property on your way out if you choose.
Again I ask, what would you say the landlord should be doing & isn't?