 $250 Roomate Fee (by Sisco [MO]) Apr 24, 2018 5:08 AM
 $250 Roomate Fee (by NE [PA]) Apr 24, 2018 5:23 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by Jason [VA]) Apr 24, 2018 5:33 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by Roy [AL]) Apr 24, 2018 5:35 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by Barb [MO]) Apr 24, 2018 6:13 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by WMH [NC]) Apr 24, 2018 6:25 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by Sisco [MO]) Apr 24, 2018 6:26 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by Still Learning [NH]) Apr 24, 2018 6:34 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by J [FL]) Apr 24, 2018 7:15 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by GKARL [PA]) Apr 24, 2018 7:36 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by S i d [MO]) Apr 24, 2018 7:43 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by Jason [VA]) Apr 24, 2018 7:43 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by #22 [MO]) Apr 24, 2018 8:54 AM
$250 Roomate Fee (by Sandy [CO]) Apr 24, 2018 5:15 PM
$250 Roomate Fee (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Apr 24, 2018 10:39 PM
$250 Roomate Fee (by Sisco [MO]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 5:08 AM
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I am considering imposing a $250 fee for adding someone to a lease. I am primarily thinking of the new boyfriend/girlfriend situations.
I have had trouble from these people in the past and my thinking is a $250 fee may discourage some from moving another person in as a resident.
Please share your thoughts about the likely outcomes of this policy.
--72.172.xxx.xx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 5:23 AM
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I'd probably call it a lease upgrade fee or something like that. I'd be nervous of calling it a room mate fee. --50.107.xxx.xxx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by Jason [VA]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 5:33 AM
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I would make it an "Administration Fee". Generic and all encompassing. --170.224.xx.x |
$250 Roomate Fee (by Roy [AL]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 5:35 AM
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How would you police it? Girlfriends can be sneaked in/out at all times. Who is to say if they are a guest or live-in partner? --68.63.xxx.xx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by Barb [MO]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 6:13 AM
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I believe our local Inv friend is charging a $250 Administration fee. I’ve got one of theirs moving in in June and was complaining about it.
I added a $100 fee in mine this year for that.
Have you been charging anything? --64.251.xxx.xxx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 6:25 AM
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I think $250 would encourage them to NOT report a move-in...
I would charge an application fee for the regular credit and criminal check, plus an administration fee for new paperwork, but $250 seems quite high to me.
However, it's whatever the market will bear. --50.82.xxx.xx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by Sisco [MO]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 6:26 AM
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Barb, Aside from application fees, there has been no charge to tenant.
--72.172.xxx.xx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by Still Learning [NH]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 6:34 AM
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I know my son's leases during college all had something similar. They did have 1 roommate that got taken away and I don't think the landlord followed through with the charge, but it was in the lease. --24.61.xxx.xx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by J [FL]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 7:15 AM
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The PM I was using charged the tenant a $200 fee for replacing a roommate in their contracts.
It seems to me that the roommate replacement would have to be for a specific person the tenant had in mind (BF/GF) as Sisco mentioned. And then not do it all if that person failed the screening. Because it could be a real pain if you had to run a lot of different applications to replace the roommate. Or worse even advertise and take calls.
--72.188.xxx.xx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by GKARL [PA]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 7:36 AM
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I have that in my lease. I have it set up like an unauthorized pet fee. I just charged a tenant $ 150 for adding her boyfriend to the lease. --207.172.xx.xxx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by S i d [MO]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 7:43 AM
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Ask and ye (may) receive. Do not ask and ye will never receive.
What's the worst that could happen, they sneak someone in on you? We already deal with that.
To me, it's the same as an unauthorized pet fee. My up front pet fee is $150. My "you snuck this pet in without approval" fee is $300. Make your lease the same: $250 to add a roomie: $500 if you sneak one in and I catch it.
How to prove a person is living there? No need to go undercover or count toothbrushes. My lease states that if I have reason to believe someone has overstayed the Guest policy, the tenant will furnish proof to me of the "guest's" long-term living arrangements. This could be a copy of a lease, a utility bill, or other official document with their name and current address. They also have to provide contact info so I can VERIFY it. --173.17.xx.xx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by Jason [VA]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 7:43 AM
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I like that idea GKARL. "In the event of an unauthorized pet/boyfriend on the premises..." haha --170.224.xx.x |
$250 Roomate Fee (by #22 [MO]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 8:54 AM
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I like the idea, but think it would be a deterrent to tenants registering new roommates and that they would sneak them in instead. --174.234.x.xxx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by Sandy [CO]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 5:15 PM
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What if you have the fee for adding a roomate AND a much higher fee if found to have unauthorized people/pets.
That might be incentive to promptly report additional people/pets --107.2.xxx.xx |
$250 Roomate Fee (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Posted on: Apr 24, 2018 10:39 PM
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Disco Sisco,
I like your thinking!
I don't have a fee or penalty but I DO require an approved application on the additional occupant.
Guests staying more than 14 days in a 365 period must apply and be approved by management
OR FACE EVICTION. That's my hammer.
It's hard to pin them down - multiple boyfriends seem to drift in and out of some homes.
BRAD --68.50.xxx.xxx |
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