Signs your tenants are going bad (lease, tenant, rental, house)

[tworent]

Here are some do you have more I can keep going for days

They smell more of alcohol than before

They start paying with money orders with dates a week apart

They wife or girlfriend answers the door with a black eye

The wife or girlfriend or tenant come to the door half naked and is happy to see you

Somebody you do not know gives you they rent money a 2nd time

A hose or an A/C cord is run to the house next door

The new car has a buy here pay here bumper sticker

The new car disappears for a week or two

The water cover at the street is open because the cut the lock and turned the water back on

The phone number changed because they went to a prepaid cell phone

[virgode]

Much needed humor, thanks, enjoyed.

[auntieannie68]

i'm seeing this from the tenant next door:

1.week or 2 before the rent is due new "boyfriends" show up for short periods of time

2.loud arguments with teenager heard thru walls involving no money in house

3.said teenager very interested in other people's mailboxes(looking for checks???)

4.pacing and increased smoking during all hours of nite and early morning(this makes tenants next door not sleep)
5.new people leaving front door(shared entrance) early am before dawn(boarders???)

6.5 of the above things previously posted have been observed by neighbor

7.new tenant brags to neighbor how the family survived the winter after their utilities were shut off in last location 6 months ago

8.new tenant/neighbor states my motto is "what the landlord doesn't know won't hurt him"

9.new tenant asking neighbor when they r moving so they can have the bigger side(more boarders)

landlord blissfully unaware of above thinks new tenant is cute(wonder if his wife knows)

old established tenant getting out of here(too old for this drama)

[seeniorita]

Tenant starts giving you "post" dated checks

All of your calls go to voicemail h*ll

Yes...love the new car w/buy here pay here sicker

Their employer tells you "they are no longer employed here"

The grass starts getting higher/not mowed

Large unkept dogs appear in the backyard (even though you said no pets allowed)

[texdav]

You see the rental truck picling up there wdie screen and computer. The cellphone says o longer avialble.

[JS1]

Jenny moves in?

[KonaKat]

You get a rental history questionaire from a public housing office.

Tenant starts to sound like Klinger in M*A*S*H; mother died, sister sick, uncle missing, niece in hospital, cat is lost......therefore I had to travel back home and don't have any money.

You begin to get all kinds of petty complaints about issues in the unit followed by "I don't think this is healthy, safe, legal" etc. Shortly this will be followed by someone wanting out of their lease because of these "horrible" conditions.

[sonarrat]

Originally Posted by tworent

The phone number changed because they went to a prepaid cell phone

Hey, I resemble that remark..