After you sell (by Brad [IL]) Mar 21, 2019 6:04 AM
After you sell (by LisaFL [FL]) Mar 21, 2019 6:06 AM
After you sell (by Deanna [TX]) Mar 21, 2019 6:15 AM
After you sell (by NE [PA]) Mar 21, 2019 6:16 AM
After you sell (by S i d [MO]) Mar 21, 2019 6:49 AM
After you sell (by Oregon Woodsmoke [ID]) Mar 21, 2019 6:58 AM
After you sell (by DJ [VA]) Mar 21, 2019 7:01 AM
After you sell (by Oregon Woodsmoke [ID]) Mar 21, 2019 7:09 AM
After you sell (by RB [MI]) Mar 21, 2019 7:12 AM
After you sell (by Robert J [CA]) Mar 21, 2019 7:34 AM
After you sell (by myob [GA]) Mar 21, 2019 8:46 AM
After you sell (by Vee [OH]) Mar 21, 2019 8:48 AM
After you sell (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Mar 21, 2019 12:22 PM
After you sell (by MikeA [TX]) Mar 21, 2019 3:34 PM
After you sell (by NE [PA]) Mar 21, 2019 3:48 PM
After you sell (by Robert,OntarioCanada [ON]) Mar 21, 2019 4:56 PM
After you sell (by Brad [IL]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 6:04 AM Message:
I sold a rental in 2017. I received a text from one of the tenants of that building saying, "Hey Brad, Thanks for the a**hole landlord". Has anyone else received similar communications after selling a property?
--24.106.xxx.xxx |
After you sell (by LisaFL [FL]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 6:06 AM Message:
That's funny! --216.186.xxx.xx |
After you sell (by Deanna [TX]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 6:15 AM Message:
All you know from that is that the new guy does things differently from the old guy. :) Tenants don't like change.
Once upon a time, I bought an above-garage apartment that had a tenant in place. It was part of a package deal from a burned-out landlord. The tenant was a couple of years out of high school; he had some part-time jobs doing yard work; he had a humongous dog; he had some petty drug charges from the county north of us. He never would have qualified. His grandma was paying all his bills. The sellers were very anxious that we keep him; they were emotionally invested in him.
So we agreed, because at least it was income, and the grandma kept everything on track, and it was one less place to renovate, because that package deal was decrepit. We made it very clear that we weren't changing his rental amount, or doing this, or doing that. We weren't changing a thing-- except he had an unauthorized roommate (who also had no real job) (who also had a humongous dog). So we were going to charge an extra $25/month pet rent for his unauthorized roommate's unauthorized dog.
The roommate was indignant. He didn't care that his friend's grandma was paying for their rent, their bills, their food, everything. He was being expected to pay $25 a month for the privilege of having a dog?! He left pretty promptly.
The first guy left a couple of weeks later. No matter that we had reassured him he could stay, we weren't changing anything, etc, etc, etc, he had it in his mind that new landlords == bad change. I mean, we had a lease! On paper! And everything! And he had to sign it! He had to get out of there before we brought in more change!
On the plus side, his grandma, who runs the school cafeteria, is also a cleaning lady on the side. She cleaned his place for him at turnover. I was so impressed, I got her number, and I've used her several times since then. $50 for the house, $50 for the appliances. A treasure! --96.46.xxx.xx |
After you sell (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 6:16 AM Message:
Text him back back with a list of your vacancies.
Or tell him you did your best, but nobody wanted the tenants that lived there! Hahaha --174.201.x.xxx |
After you sell (by S i d [MO]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 6:49 AM Message:
I think you have to be an a**hole to even consider texting that to someone. And add cowardice on top of that. Digital courage: "the ability to speak your mind when you're miles away and/or anonymous and/or there are zero immediate consequences for your silliness."
No, I have never received a message like that after selling, but one Gal called me up and left a ranting diatribe voicemail calling me every variations of the f-bomb you can imagine when I evicted her for non-payment. *shrugs. I deleted it and moved on with life.
When I consider how sad someone's life must be to have to resort to these kinds of actions, I think that their daily existence is more than enough punishment. --173.20.xxx.xxx |
After you sell (by Oregon Woodsmoke [ID]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 6:58 AM Message:
Many tenants believe that the landlord has taken over the parent's job of providing housing and lifetime care. You were a bad parent, Brad, to turn your tenant over to be adopted by a stranger parent substitute.
I wouldn't offer the tenant a new place after that hostile email. Instant disqualification. --98.146.xxx.xxx |
After you sell (by DJ [VA]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 7:01 AM Message:
I think I would just consider it a "compliment" - putting the best construction on it - then ignore. I think they were saying in comparison to you - that you were not.
Insert shoulder shrug, "oh well", and glad I don't need to deal with the annoyed tenant. Have a nice day!
(I consider one of the best compliments from a tenant was one from many years ago, who - on her way out - said she had contacted a tenant attorney and was told I did nothing wrong/illegal.) --68.10.xxx.x |
After you sell (by Oregon Woodsmoke [ID]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 7:09 AM Message:
I almost always sell vacant. The one house I did sell occupied, the tenant made several phone calls to me after, asking if the new landlord could do this or if the new landlord could do that. (raise the rent $300, take away the garage that had been included in her rental agreement... )
I occasionally get some nastiness from people who have been rejected. It's their way of pointing out that I have made a big mistake to not accept a great tenant like themselves. --98.146.xxx.xxx |
After you sell (by RB [MI]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 7:12 AM Message:
I recently sold a SFH. (One of my rentals)
The Buyer contacted my Realtor and said
that he would like to contact the Seller and
thank me for his well maintained / code compliant home.
Enjoy your home, but that aint gonna happen,
was the response. --184.53.x.xx |
After you sell (by Robert J [CA]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 7:34 AM Message:
I sold a low-income apartment complex after my tenants would take advantage of the "rent control" rules the City imposed on landlords.
I gave notice to the tenants of my intent to sell. The new owner, a professional corporation, had connections to bypass the Rent Control ordinances by the means of campaign contributions to city officials. Their intent to evict all tenants to bring rents to market levels.
One by one my x-tenants would call me for help. The new owner had a 1 strike rule, then evict. This property consisted of 34 units, 2 and 3 bedrooms each with 2 parking spots per unit -- rent were on average $800 a month (Back in 2000).
Each tenant would ask me if I had an apartment for rent because I was such a great landlord (someone they could walk all over). My response was sure. I had a 3 bedroom unit available in West L.A. or the Marina -- for only $3000 a month. The income to qualify was only $10,000 a month. The tenant knew that they could only afford a 1 bedroom unit in a marginal part of town.
--47.156.xx.xx |
After you sell (by myob [GA]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 8:46 AM Message:
text back-- got same text from new owner describing you and others in building. --99.103.xxx.xxx |
After you sell (by Vee [OH]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 8:48 AM Message:
This is funny, but I think it is called surrogate parenting.
--76.188.xxx.x |
After you sell (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 12:22 PM Message:
Brad,
The only similarity I have received is that you and I have the same first name!
Interesting that he would text you.
Do you need more professional distance between you and renters?
BRAD --73.102.xxx.xxx |
After you sell (by MikeA [TX]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 3:34 PM Message:
Was he a good tenant or one who pushed boundaries? --50.26.xx.xxx |
After you sell (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 3:48 PM Message:
I think this is one of those rare opportunities where we landlords get to have a little fun!
I had an ex tenant text me at the beginning of this week claiming there was a brand new printer sitting in with all her junk when I packed her stuff up. Ya, uh huh. She asked me if I saw it.
I said no, but we did see a bunch of drug paraphernalia!
Hahaha --50.107.xxx.xxx |
After you sell (by Robert,OntarioCanada [ON]) Posted on: Mar 21, 2019 4:56 PM Message:
Unfortunately many smaller rental housing providers in the province of Ontario had to make tough decisions. On the one hand the changes to the rent control guideline increases were less every year then the increases in annual operating costs along with a broken two tier rental dispute process. Now most the smaller apartment buildings are owned by very large corporations who have the resources to make renovations along kicking out existing tenants as there is vacancy decontrol on vacant rental units. What essentially happened is the lower end of the rental market disappeared forever. The purpose of rent control is not to control rents but bankrupt private rental housing providers then make it the non-profit utopia which is never going to happen. While many are aware the outcome for existing tenants is not good but absolutely can not dig deeper into a hole. So for many it was once upon a time. The larger corporations can weather bad times where in June 2018 they voted out Fiberals. --147.194.xxx.xx |
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