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You know it's bad when.. (by Pat [VA]) Jun 7, 2021 1:52 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by S i d [MO]) Jun 7, 2021 2:10 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Sorta Blonde [CA]) Jun 7, 2021 2:18 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Robert,OntarioCanada [ON]) Jun 7, 2021 2:18 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by 6x6 [TN]) Jun 7, 2021 2:45 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by OPM [OR]) Jun 7, 2021 2:52 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Robert J [CA]) Jun 7, 2021 3:01 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Vee [OH]) Jun 7, 2021 4:10 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by plenty [MO]) Jun 7, 2021 4:15 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by MikeA [TX]) Jun 7, 2021 4:27 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Jun 7, 2021 4:44 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Jun 7, 2021 4:47 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Jun 7, 2021 4:49 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by P.B. [MI]) Jun 7, 2021 5:35 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Allym [NJ]) Jun 7, 2021 6:27 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by MMIT [VA]) Jun 8, 2021 7:41 AM
       You know it's bad when.. (by DJ [VA]) Jun 8, 2021 9:04 AM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Scott [IN]) Jun 8, 2021 10:13 AM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Me [CA]) Jun 8, 2021 1:43 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Landlord ofthe Flies [TX]) Jun 8, 2021 4:15 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by James [TX]) Jun 8, 2021 4:32 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Wilma [PA]) Jun 8, 2021 4:42 PM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Nicole [PA]) Jun 9, 2021 6:28 AM
       You know it's bad when.. (by Mark [AL]) Jun 14, 2021 6:48 PM


You know it's bad when.. (by Pat [VA]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 1:52 PM
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Let's start a thread, you know it's bad when.....

Mine finishes the statement:

roaches run OUT of the refrigerator, when you open it!

--71.219.xx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by S i d [MO]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 2:10 PM
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....they refuse to let me do the 2-minute in home inspection.

--107.216.xxx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by Sorta Blonde [CA]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 2:18 PM
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The smell of burning incense and scented candles is so strong that you can smell it 2 houses away from your rental. --72.220.xxx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by Robert,OntarioCanada [ON]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 2:18 PM
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Would take the fridge outside remove the food then clean with pressure washer then spray with bleach then infestation in the fridge is over. The food would thrown out as well. Behind the fridge a thorough cleaning along with chalking all the cracks in the baseboard then buy sticky traps to clear out any infestation. Three elements for survival are food, water along with place to live. Combat gel or Max force around the perimeter of the room. Chalking along insulation spray foam where pipes, wiring enter walls or floors takes a place to live. --99.236.xxx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by 6x6 [TN]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 2:45 PM
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I will want to read these. Sorta Blond makes a good point. Sid has a good solution and I will add that I do quarterly inspections as it can catch problems early. --73.120.xx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by OPM [OR]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 2:52 PM
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PAT YOU MEAN SHORT OF SIMPLY BURNING THE HOUSE TO THE GROUND AND STARTING OVER? --162.247.xx.xx




You know it's bad when.. (by Robert J [CA]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 3:01 PM
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The tenants power has been off for months during an eviction and someone goes to have a look inside the refrigerator....stink bomb.

--47.155.xx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by Vee [OH]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 4:10 PM
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The neighbor kids say the dogs are chained up at where the kids live cause the landlord is coming over to look at something - in home visit major failure, I don't even bother going to the house to get the candle cover treatment.... --76.188.xxx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by plenty [MO]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 4:15 PM
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Let's start a thread, you know it's bad when....you pull up and there are extra people, extra stuff and extra cars. (Robert didn't read the instructions) --172.58.xx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by MikeA [TX]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 4:27 PM
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The garage door won't roll up because the junk is piled high against it inside. --64.130.xx.xx




You know it's bad when.. (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 4:44 PM
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You know it bad when your lead says to you.......what do you mean you are doing a criminal background check? --72.23.xxx.xx




You know it's bad when.. (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 4:47 PM
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You walk in to that rental with no power on and the floor suddenly and unexpectedly goes crunch like cereal - but you are not in the kitchen. What ever insect you stepped on was dead..... --72.23.xxx.xx




You know it's bad when.. (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 4:49 PM
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After messing up their credit as a kid they are now improving it at age 40 - and it is up to 530. --72.23.xxx.xx




You know it's bad when.. (by P.B. [MI]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 5:35 PM
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1. You find out, when bears start wandering through the yard, on their way to your rental, you find the tenant has been putting food out in his backyard.(This actually happened!) Of course, he received a warning notice, to stop or the DNR would be called.

2. Picking up bear bait, just before dark, cause your tenant wouldn't do it and wondering if you could get the job done before the bears showed up.

3. You open the garage and you back up because of the smell.

4. Yup, you can't raise the garage door because the tenants use it to store their overflow.

5. You get a text saying your tenant is in jail.

6. You get a call from your tenant and listen to them come up with every excuse in the book why rent will be late, again.

7. You have your tenant ask you to babysit and when you refuse you are told you are a rude uncaring person.

Ya gotta love being a landlord.....

--67.22.x.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by Allym [NJ]) Posted on: Jun 7, 2021 6:27 PM
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when you find three people outside washing strangers' cars in December in the driveway with the hose pouring out into the street.

when the gasoline smell from the garage hits you when you are parking at the curb.

When there are two unregistered cars in front of the house.

Two tenants ago the young tenants tried to start several businesses in the small 1950s garage. I asked them to leave under threat of eviction and they did.

One more... when there is a pile of cord wood on the lawn and there is no fireplace.

Crazy tenant had switched from gas to wood heat. Town inspectors made him put it back. --108.24.xx.xx




You know it's bad when.. (by MMIT [VA]) Posted on: Jun 8, 2021 7:41 AM
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/When you walk through the dark kitchen and step on something soft and realize you just stepped on a mouse.

When the tenant calls and tells you that your house is on fire and there are 3 fire trucks trying to put out the fire. --70.188.xx.xx




You know it's bad when.. (by DJ [VA]) Posted on: Jun 8, 2021 9:04 AM
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When a State Police officer comes by looking for the (thankfully ex) tenant with a warrant.

When you open the door and "EVERYTHING" moves - the ceiling, walls, and floor. (Worst Roaches I've ever seen - vacant MH, for sale. )

You still very clearly see the shape of the removed wall decor - due to all the smoking that stained the wall around it. --68.229.xxx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by Scott [IN]) Posted on: Jun 8, 2021 10:13 AM
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When you get a call from your new tenant that he and his wife and 2 kids are trapped in their car. An angry armed mob won't let them out. Two weeks into their tenancy, my tenant has started a race riot. He and his family were gone the next day. --107.141.xx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by Me [CA]) Posted on: Jun 8, 2021 1:43 PM
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Your feet stick to the floor. --47.149.xxx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by Landlord ofthe Flies [TX]) Posted on: Jun 8, 2021 4:15 PM
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.... when the mold in your tenant's shower grows better than the lawn.

.... when there's enough dog hair matted to the AC filter in your pet-free rental to cover another dog. --108.69.xxx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by James [TX]) Posted on: Jun 8, 2021 4:32 PM
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When finally get your house back, send in the exterminator and the roaches start coming out of the roof shingles --47.185.xxx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by Wilma [PA]) Posted on: Jun 8, 2021 4:42 PM
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...you find children's toys on top of a light fixture in a 12' peak ceiling

...there are activated charcoal odor eliminator bags in every nook and cranny of a recently vacated, non-smoking, sfh.

...the closet door at the base of the stairs has many dents and multi-colored paint smudges from the metal cars and trucks that the kids would send down from the top of the stairs.

...you open the garage door during a maintenance visit to find two big dogs on leashes in a no pet dwelling.

...the furnace filter that was changed just 4 weeks before is again full of waxy soot - after you had instructed the tenant to stop burning (cheap) candles in the house per the rental agreement. ("Oh, I'm just burning them up because I won't be using them in the house that we're buying in 2 weeks.") --96.245.xx.xx




You know it's bad when.. (by Nicole [PA]) Posted on: Jun 9, 2021 6:28 AM
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P.B.'s #2 and #7 are my favorites --72.70.xxx.xxx




You know it's bad when.. (by Mark [AL]) Posted on: Jun 14, 2021 6:48 PM
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The first words you hear are "Can you work with me on the deposit?"

--24.42.xxx.xxx





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