Recent content by lcc123

Gail, I do personally tell all tenants when they sign their lease that rent is due on the 1st of the month and they can either mail the rent to the address on the lease (my business address) or I will pick it on or shortly after the 1st of the month. Although in the lease, it states that it is...

Gail, Thanks. What would be considered a reasonable pet deposit? One months rent? Two? Lee

Gail, Thanks for your advice. I have rented this house for years, but have always lived there also. So I have never encountered this type of tenant problem before. My father-in-law has many rental houses and it has been his main profession for years and he was the one that had advised me to...

Thanks, someone else had recently indicated that in another post I made. Is landlord/tenant law your area of specialization and are you registered in GA? I am interested in consulting with an attorney locally (Atlanta area)? How is the best way to contact you. You can email me at...

jacksgal, Thanks for the reply. That was my position also,

My jurisdiction is: Georgia I recently had a tenant in a multi-tenant house claim that I was violating her privacy because I didn't wait to be let into the house. I had emailed each tenant on Monday of the week that I would be by after the 1st of the month (Wed.) to pick up the rent...

My jurisdiction is: Georgia Location: State of Georgia I have a multitenant rental house that has a fenced in backyard. A month ago a tenant moved in and had indicated that they might have to take care of a family member's dog for a few weeks toward the end of the summer. I verbally...

I have a problem tenant that rents a room in a multitenant house that I own. This person has little respect for either of the other two roommates and is either lazy or just a slob. They are in the 2nd month of a 6 month lease. I am going to offer to break the lease and refund their deposit...

If it is a sales contract then most (if not all) of the terms are negotiable. You are a good salesman right? Here is a chance to show your stuff. :) Nevertheless, it usually just depends on how bad they need a saleman and how good they think you are. It is probably a standard form they...

Isn't it correct, that as soon as a he chooses to establish paternity, then he would be liable for child support.

Gail, I read quite a few of your posts, and like your advice. I am a landlord for a multi-tenant house and have a situation with a problem tenant. Are you registered in the state of Georgia. Do you consult? If so what is your hourly fee?

Is it a standard lease form or are they claiming/posing to be agents/affiliated with the Texas association of realtors?

1st I would try threatening to get an attorney and have him evicted. Tell him you will give him $75 to cover renting a moving truck as an incentive. Tell him the choice is his, but either way he will not be living there in the future. Carrot or stick.

On the reference check, make sure you go back 2 or 3 landlords if possible, as I have had the last landlord tell me the tenant was a great on time payer only to find out the opposite and they were just trying to get rid of them.

Try proposing to the landlord, that if he will break your lease, allow you to move out, and refund your security deposit, that you will move out and not call the authorities and he will never hear from you again--otherwise you plan to move out, call the building permit/inspection department in...