Re: Bad tenant alert | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo![]() |
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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:52:55 -0700 (PDT) |
Hi all -- I agree w/ Sharon. Don't be intimated but be aware. I was a landlord (lady?) for a very short time w/ a rental property in DC. It took a lawyer and 9 months to evict a family that was trashing my house. More than 10K in damages -- but they had "rights" under DC law. I had to go to court to get an order. The 9 months to eviction was considered FAST by DC standards. (?) After that ... I fixed the house and sold it. Had I tried to get the woman to leave she would have sued me and won. Soooo ... make sure you know what your rights are as a landlord and go for whatever remedy is available to you. BTW -- she came w/ STELLAR recommendations by her former "landlords" whom I came to suspect were her friends. Best -- Ann Zabaldo Takoma Village Cohousing Washington, DC Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC Falls Church VA 703 663 3911 On Mar 13, 2011, at 12:35 PM, Sharon Villines wrote: > > > On 13 Mar 2011, at 12:12 PM, Holly McNutt wrote: > >> house-share situation. They are only 2 weeks into this and already major >> problems have ensued. As Board member, I got an email from her explaining >> the situation just to keep us in the loop, and that is when I made the >> connection that this is the same family I read about here. Oh, dear. > > Be very aware of your rental laws. Tenants in many states have incredible > rights. It is to protect them against unscrupulous landlords, usually in > situations where they are renting whole units — leasing. But the laws can > also apply to people renting rooms or sharing an apartment. > > You may not be able to require them to move out and they can take legal > action against you if you do anything that can be interpreted as violating > their rights. So you need to know what their rights are. > > I agree with a previous post that people shouldn't be intimidated by > legalities but you need to understand them and that they apply to you. In our > community we were unaware that any of these laws applied when renting a room > and sharing the kitchen. In DC, they do. All states are different. > > And there are people who make causing trouble the focus of their lives. They > get energy from it. I recently read that this is one technique that people > with ADD use to structure their lack of ability to maintain focus. They often > believe that they are doing something constructive, like protecting their own > rights or the rights of others. > > Sharon > ---- > Sharon Villines > "Reality is something you rise above." Liza Minnelli > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
- Re: Bad tenant alert, (continued)
- Re: Bad tenant alert Sharon Villines, March 12 2011
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Re: Bad tenant alert Susan Moran, March 12 2011
- Re: Bad tenant alert Holly McNutt, March 13 2011
- Re: Bad tenant alert Sharon Villines, March 13 2011
- Re: Bad tenant alert Ann Zabaldo, March 13 2011
- Re: Bad tenant alert Holly McNutt, March 13 2011
- Re: Bad tenant alert Ann Zabaldo, March 13 2011
- Re: Bad tenant alert Holly McNutt, March 13 2011
- Re: Bad tenant alert Joanie Connors, March 13 2011
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