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DallasHokie98
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hopefully you had a deposit

It's wise to require a one month rent deposit. Then at the end of the lease pay back deposit less damages or repairs. Bad tenets usually don't even ask for the deposit back.
Posted: 08/03/2022 at 02:13 PM ET
(In response to this post by IB4TECH)

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Well now I feel helpless. My tenants have trashed the house...
IB4TECH • 08/03/22 01:34 PM ET
Keep their deposit & if they didn’t live up to the terms of their lease
Hoakie82 • 08/03/22 05:32 PM ET
As I said, you can't get blood out of a turnip. I decided before ever
IB4TECH • 08/03/22 07:41 PM ET
About the only thing you can reasonably do at this point is count your
FLKEYSHOKIE • 08/03/22 08:42 PM ET
Never a renter nor a landlord be.**
PhotoHokieNC • 08/03/22 04:13 PM ET
Track down their current home and trash it. Eye for an eye.**
HokieNoVA • 08/03/22 04:12 PM ET
Its probably a rental too**
EDGEMAN • 08/03/22 05:58 PM ET
Had tenants years ago that didn't trash it, but made costly changes that
AZHokie59 • 08/03/22 03:39 PM ET
yeah, but you used that 200k to buy Apple stock and its worth millions now.
HokieSignGuy • 08/03/22 04:11 PM ET
I'll most likely be in a similar situation soon.
hokiehunter07 • 08/03/22 03:36 PM ET
@hokiehunter07 I have a question for you since you seem to be well
IB4TECH • 08/05/22 09:22 AM ET
Open to sell it?
MAGRIFF1 • 08/03/22 04:42 PM ET
Nah, I like my little tax shelter.
hokiehunter07 • 08/04/22 08:28 AM ET
How did people get multiple protection loans without legit businesses?
HokieSignGuy • 08/03/22 04:15 PM ET
They filed as barbershops / hairdressers.
hokiehunter07 • 08/04/22 08:34 AM ET
Bad program and horrible mgmt of it
fordham • 08/03/22 04:43 PM ET
Feel your pain! Had yo go thru that a year ago**
HokieHi71 • 08/03/22 03:27 PM ET
Welcome to being a landlord. And humans suck **
fordham • 08/03/22 02:57 PM ET
hopefully you had a deposit ◄
DallasHokie98 • 08/03/22 02:13 PM ET
Lots of times even a 2 month deposit isn’t enough. Screwing landlords is
Hoakie82 • 08/03/22 05:39 PM ET
That's great until they do about $10k worth of damage...
hokiehunter07 • 08/03/22 03:37 PM ET
Deposit has been spent.**
IB4TECH • 08/03/22 02:58 PM ET
You can see if the local fire dept will burn it for training**
fordham • 08/03/22 03:00 PM ET
my brother had someone use a charcoal grill inside once
bigbadbird • 08/03/22 02:03 PM ET
My father in law had a tenant use his house as a meth lab.
GreenvilleVT • 08/03/22 03:00 PM ET
I worked a claim where the tenant ran a "nip joint". Got a kick out of that**
Stork • 08/03/22 03:08 PM ET
pellet smoker snob^^^
HokieDan95 • 08/03/22 02:09 PM ET
Your insurance may cover if a singular incident. If just pigs during their
Stork • 08/03/22 01:49 PM ET
Did you screen them before they moved in?**
HokieJamie • 08/03/22 01:49 PM ET
Renters are the worstest (inside)
FfxStationHokie • 08/03/22 01:46 PM ET
I've heard those stories. We just did a walk throught back in September.
IB4TECH • 08/03/22 02:02 PM ET
were probably hiding something else **
bigbadbird • 08/03/22 02:01 PM ET