Landlord Nightmares
Tell us about your worst, most interesting and strangest tenant experience. I have heard hundreds of them over the phone. Now it is your turn to tell the world. Hopefully, we can all learn something from your posting.
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September 26th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
My strangest tenant is a 62 year old guy named Nick. The property is in Rochester, New York. I bought it years and years ago already tenanted from another investor. Nick was that tenant back then and he’d been there for 6 years even then.
I don’t live anywhere near New York, so I’d never seen the premises, but the agent said he never complains, never calls and always pays on time. Perfect - or so I thought.
3 years after I bought it, I had an opportunity to take a look at this property I’d had a for so long and never seen. I was horrified! Nothing worked! The shower didn’t run, the toilet didn’t flush, the front door didn’t lock, there were holes in the floors, white-ants in the walls and no curtains!
I asked old Nick why on earth he didn’t call me and demand I fix these things for him. His answer was:
“If you fix them, then you’ll raise my rent. I don’t want that.”
Weird guy. He’s still living there today - but I fixed all the issues and YES I raised his rent
May 27th, 2009 at 7:08 am
That is fantastic. I learned so much from your post and am looking over the rest of your blog now. I will let others know about your blog