UGHHH!

[Backtoreality]

Just after my DH's 2nd paycheck. I got noticed that our renter is moving. And of course, he didn't send his rent check. People do not understand that the damage deposit isn't the last month rent... it's for all the damage he's done to the house in the last 18 months. Like the hole in the closet, and the curtains that are coming down and the carpets that he has not cleaned in 18 months.
I'm waiting til DH wakes up to speak with him about it. It's like every time I feel we make 2 steps forward we get kick 4 back! Sorry I am venting big time now. Oh, why couldn't he just wait until DH had a few more pay checks under our belts!
I going to try to get it ready to sell I'm thinking. We can make at least a $20,000 profit I'm figuring and that's with selling it below market value!

[FrugalMomof3]

Ruth, I am soooo sorry this happened to you, I know as a past renter that a deposit is not the last months rent and the tenant should have atleast notified you with their intentions to move, so not only are you out a months rent but now you have to pay for any damages he/she made.

Maybe it's a sign from above to get your things in order and sell maybe not but let us know what you decide, we are all here for ya!

[pinetree]

Before you sell your rental,, check to see if you need to pay capital gains tax. I got upset with one of our rentals,, sold it come to find out that I had to pay 33%.

All the money I thought I had was gone to the goverment, plus I lost the income that it brought in. A Dave Ramsey, stupid tax lesson learned.

[Dancing Lotus]

I hope you intend on contacting him and telling him he still owes you the rent.

Im sorry , I hope you can sell or rerent it fast. We owned commercial rental proerty and we had people drop us in a heart beat and we had no back up funds. Once our biggest renter just moved out over night and left all their stuff. Becuase it was a bussiness we had to give them x amount of time. It was six months before the court would let us throw out their stuff and by then we were 16,000 ( no not a typO) in the hole. We sold our buildings and got out of the bussiness. We are still trying to recover.

[banana]

I'm sorry that he didnt pay the rent. I would definitely have your dh talk to him.

[ironmaiden]

If he sent noticed - as opposed to disappearing in the night - I'd definitely reshow him his lease and tell him he has to pay his rent.

[kaykwilts]

I hope you get your money from him.

[Darlene]

Hope you had a contract... take him to small claims court. Good luck!

[Shellshome]

I'm sorry that you are having trouble with your renter. When we have rented in the past we always treated it like it was our own and really it was since we were the ones living there. Every time we have moved out of somewhere I have cleaned the carpets, patched the holes in the wall and anything else the needed to be done to it.

I always knew that the damage deposit wasn't the last months rent also. But sometimes people just don't care.

Hope everything works out for you and your dh. I know mine would not be happy at all. Good luck!!

[trishh]

I am so sorry that he they didn't pay the rent. My grandparents use to have alot of rentals in California and i remember what they went through. They finally sold everything and left some to family who remained in California.

[bumplett]

ugg ~ I wish you the best in this situation ~ it must be tough to be a 'landlord' .... good luck!!

[cherrie79]

I think there is a law (saw on Judge Judy LoL) that its illegal to use the deposit as last months. Cause like you said, the deposit is for damage done. Wish I could help more. Hope you can get this resolved.