I had a renter move out and it isn't good.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by Frazod

Get a cat. The end.

Had an apartment in Chicago with a mouse infestation. Saw the little bastards all the time. Lots of droppings. Traps and poison proved completely ineffective. The morning after I got the cat, I walked out of my bedroom and saw a small, slick looking thing about the size of my thumb. It was the remains of a mouse - the cat had chewed its legs off and somehow skinned it. She was sitting a few feet away with a look on her face like "you'll never see anymore of those mother****ers in here." And we never did.

This. We have two cats. Sometimes, after a big rain or snow, a mouse will make the mistake of trying to shelter in our house. It is the last mistake that mouse ever makes. Cats are bad ass hunters.

[bdj23]

Originally Posted by Frazod

Get a cat. The end.

Had an apartment in Chicago with a mouse infestation. Saw the little bastards all the time. Lots of droppings. Traps and poison proved completely ineffective. The morning after I got the cat, I walked out of my bedroom and saw a small, slick looking thing about the size of my thumb. It was the remains of a mouse - the cat had chewed its legs off and somehow skinned it. She was sitting a few feet away with a look on her face like "you'll never see anymore of those mother****ers in here." And we never did.

I'm to the point with my cat that I'd rather have mice

[bdj23]

PM Clay

[Rain Man]

Snakes and tarantulas will get rid of the mice and roaches in short order.

[bdj23]

My house gets brown recluses and grass spiders. I got bit by a recluse like a week after we moved in. I went ham with sticky traps shortly after and now i rarely see them.

As for the grass spiders, i think a couple of chickens would take care of them but my wife keeps saying no to that idea.

[Jewish Rabbi]

Originally Posted by BDj23

My house gets brown recluses and grass spiders. I got bit by a recluse like a week after we moved in. I went ham with sticky traps shortly after and now i rarely see them.

As for the grass spiders, i think a couple of chickens would take care of them but my wife keeps saying no to that idea.

That’s funny, Clays gf practically begs to have a couple extra cocks around the house

[BWillie]

Renters are the worst, that's why I got out of the game. Too much of a headache. If you ever do get a great renter, do everything you can to keep them.

[HemiEd]

Contact seclark for some possums, they will get rid of the roaches for you. Problem solved.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Renters are the worst, that's why I got out of the game. Too much of a headache. If you ever do get a great renter, do everything you can to keep them.

TRUTH! Ive got all my properties rented out to excellent tenents. Its taken 15 + years, but Im finally there. In fact, most of my properties are rented below market value, to long termers. It seems to have built loyality and respect on their end. It was not worth the hassle of new tenents at top dollar every year or so and it coming back to haunt me.

[REDHOTGTO]

the absolute best roach spray is tempo sec, find it at a farm store or hardware store or online. it will eliminate the whole troop of them gaurenteed.
i use it every qtr in my own house, try it

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin

They were in this property two years. Always paid rent 5 days late on schedule with the late payment. Like clock work. They said they'd spend the last two days cleaning and leave it just like they found it. Awesome.

"Oh , bye the way we noticed a couple roaches here and there over the last month, seems that the neighbors sprayed and caused roaches to invade."

I had the exterminator spray the day they moved out. The next day I went in to inspect and start painting and repairs and HOLY SHIT!!!!

The kitchen was covered with dead and crawling roaches. Millions! No way I'm going to work in that roach tornado until they're all dead.

There go's a months rent, 1K, plus.

That sux. I could spend all day telling you tenent move out horror stories. But Ill spare you having to read the BS and spare myself from getting pissed off. Best of luck with your clean up.

[Hammock Parties]

the people who moved out next door a few weeks ago were a special kind of scum

i appreciate that they kept to themselves but...

letting your weed smoke waft all over the neighborhood through open windows is a no-no, and tearing down every set of blinds in the house is not a hobby. nor is leaving garbage in the front yard for months on end, because a critter tore open your bags.

also it's a good idea to mow your yard once inawhile, instead of letting it turn into a literal jungle. oh and feed your dogs instead of letting them walk around like living corpses before they presumably keel over from malnutrition. sad.

[oldman]

Roaches are the worst. When I was a telephone installer, I always had a few plastic bags with me when I did take outs in some places. Wall phones were the worst.

[scho63]

I'll never forget my first horrible tenant.

Around 1985 I bought 5 houses in the town I lived in, rented them all out and began my short career as a landlord.

Two of the houses were brand new construction, two were over 30 years old and the last one was about 15 years and a prior rental that needed a little TLC.

As a very young, 22-23 year old, first time landlord, they saw me coming from a mile away.

1. One tenant and family was actually homeless at the time and lied about everything, including having their parents join in the fraud. I went to interview them with little notice and what I was told was their house with matching utility bills and mailbox was the father's same name.
The scumbags paid the security deposit and first month and nothing ever again. They lived there 9 months rent free.

2. Tenant #2 was single Mom with 2 daughters and good references. About 3 weeks after moving in, one of the rugs in the house unbeknownst to me had fleas. They called as one of the daughters had bites on her legs. I immediately pulled up the rugs, hired an exterminator, deducted rent for days they had to stay elsewhere and paid some other items. After they moved back in they hired a lawyer and legal paper worked me to death. I had to pay THEM money and they moved out after 6 months that cost me around $5K.

3. Tenant #3 was a group of young waitresses that were good for about 4-5 months. I was also banging two of their co-workers. Suddenly one moved out and they paid me 2/3 of the rent even though I rented it to just one lead person. Then the 2nd person moved out and it went down to 1/3. For the last 4 months I got 1/3 rent and kicked the last woman out at end of year lease.

4. Tenant #4 was an elderly gentleman that was an architect that had been in business for 30 years. Clean, polite, quiet and single. His credit was good but what I didn't know was that he just lost everything he had in a divorce and his business closed. He worked from home and never recovered. I lost about 6 months rent but luckily he kept the place in excellent condition.

5. Last but not least was the FELONY FLEEING COCKROACH FAMILY.
These traveling White Trash grifters knew every trick in the book. Flash cash, show up in a new rental car or borrowed fancy vehicle, stolen new clothes, hide the kids, use identity theft to present someone else's info.
These ****ing hucksters moved into my new house and in 6 months turned it into a cockroach infested trailer trash mess. They disappeared about 5 months in after only paying deposit and first months rent. They never paid a single utility bill and used fraudulent means to obtain service. I moved all their remaining garbage into the garage per law on holding their possessions and bombed the house to kill all the roaches. It cost me about $3,000 even back then to clean, paint and replace the stolen appliances.
About a month after they left police and process servers began showing up weekly. Seems these bastards had been on the run for 5-6 years with a host of felonies.
About 6 months after the moved out, I get a phone call from the scumbag telling me he is coming back for all his belongings.
My response was "you can go **** yourself. The police have been looking for you for months, you destroyed my new home and infested it with cockroaches, you paid no rent, the only belongings left were pure garbage and I took everything to the dump. When you show up I'll make sure the police are here to assist you."

He hung up and that was the last time I ever heard from them, last time I owned a rental property and last time I ever wanted to be a landlord.

Sold all the houses in 1987 and learned my first painful financial lesson.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by scho63

Sold all the houses in 1987 and learned my first painful financial lesson.

You seem to make a lot of bad decisions.