Vacancies are Such a Pain
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For a while there things were going pretty well. I had evicted a troublesome tenant, I was fully rented, and most importantly I was collecting rent from everyone more or less on time. In December when I went by to collect rent, one of my tenants informed me that she’ll be moving before the end of the month. First, off she didn’t give me the required notice period (her lease does not expire until June 2010), and second she didn’t even pay me a full month’s rent. She thought she only needed to pay 1/2 rent and I just keep the damage deposit. Great.
This is a real pain because this particular unit is the hardest of all my units to rent. It’s a decent apartment, but it is a basement unit and on the small side. Because of that I can’t put a more mature family in there as it’s really too small for any more than two adults and a couple of young children. Also most people are put off by basement units, even though this one is quite bright, clean, and dry. On top of this, Christmas is around the corner and it’s really hard to rent a place at this time of year; I’m busy with my holiday running around and prospective tenants aren’t that inclined to look either.
So even though my tenant technically owes me rent until the end Read more…
