[lodwick]

Down here they're usually called Tenant's Council, or some such thing.

I hate the numbnut LL's that give us all a bad rep. These idiots don't realize that if they would spend the money up front, and as needed, that they would not have folks moving out every six months, or every year, or whatever the term of the lease because of crap like Valerie's having to endure.

I try to create an enviornment where the tenant thinks of their unit as THEIR home - and they do not want to move anywhere else. It's a win-win deal. They get nice places to live where the lawn is maintained, the HVAC filter is changed, the pests are whacked, and I get maximum rents each and every month - few vacancies, except by death or other special circumstances, and fewer headaches for me.

At this stage of the game, fewer headaches is a good thing.

[Canadian Outrage]

That's because your reasonable. Her landlord or property management co. is NOT. In that circumstance, I think the tenant has good cause to take matters into their own hands and send the bill to the landlord. The two key words here are reasonable and necessities.

[operation clinton cleanup]

You the man... and the business man!

[ValerieUSA]

Well, a repair guy from the agency was here just now (switched the wrong breaker and shut off my puter *L*) - he says the AC compressor is shot (about 50 yrs old) and needs to be replaced and they'll try to get it done tomorrow if he gets approval. I don't expect it will happen so soon.

[Servant of the Nine]

I try to create an enviornment where the tenant thinks of their unit as THEIR home - and they do not want to move anywhere else. It's a win-win deal.

Yep. I haven't had to deal with my Condo in 5 years. The AC died, and the tennant got my AC company to replace it and deducted it from the rent. He wanted paint and new carpet, I sent him a couple a names of people I trusted, he got it done on his own time and deducted it. Life can be simple. I have had 2 tennants over the last 11 years. So9

[.38sw]

You sound like a great landlord. We're moving this weekend into the house we just bought, and I am soooo anxious to get out of here. I had some lovely plants - roses and camelias, and an azalia, and some succulents, all in pots, in front of our apartment. Everyone in our building got a notice that we had to remove EVERYTHING from our front porches and balconies. We had less than two weeks to do it. I wrote to the landlord and offered to discuss the matter, that I felt it was an unreasonable demand. Well, he flew out here from Kentucky, landed on my doorstep and threatened me with 3 days eviction if I didn't have everything moved by Monday (this was Saturday). Youch. Then he spotted one my kitties. I told him that cats were allowed as per our rental agreement, and that we had paid a pet deposit. Oh. then I find out from another tenant that he was planning to make us get ride of the cats, if we didn't move out. Now, that would be an interesting exercise. Whew. No more landlords!

[sweetliberty]

I had two very good landlords in Colorado, to the same house...one sold to the other and we got to stay. I guess I got spoiled because the ones I have had here haven't been worth a d*mn!