Brooklynian

Write the Consumerist they love shit like this! I'm really sorry this happened to ya!

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apparently according to my mom, they also took all the toilet paper rolls we brought over too lol. I mean come on toilet paper rolls??? lol

old school from 2005 :p.

Any updates?

Bankers did that to you?

Such evil people!!

No wonder the Bible commands the dreaded death penalty for bankers:  Ezekiel 18:13


God punishes!

I hope someone writes a story on this poor guys unfortunate incident and names some names too. This shouldnt be happening in our country, sounds like something that would happen in the USSR!! 

There is no story worth it for writers, landlords are evil.

Not that many lol. if via just units not buildings/homes its 15 units but 5 houses. Living in one of them.

not for along time, Right now I'm still doing everything myself.

I been doing my own maintenance and pest control etc..

I know what I'm doing got rid of bed bugs(first time i paid someone to do it, they didn't get rid of it, just after that I did it myself and cost 1000% less), got rid of roaches, mice etc...

But this one tenant and her roommate trust "professionals" way too much. didn't want me to get rid of their mice, I told them with mice you got to try different methods. If my methods fail you can hire a "professional" and I'll pay for it.

I haven't heard back from them in a since last month. I try a few things, I seal all the holes but one, the glue traps were working, but instead they hired a "professional" and took away my stuff. I paid for it first time, second time,I told them I won't pay for it the guy is literally doing the same thing as I did, first time he was there put down baits and glue trap and he seal a hole that isn't the mice location(I actually know where they are located and left that one hole intact so i can try to point tracking power into it, but never gotten the chance to).

I was going to put tracking power into the hole and  the cabinet that the hole is connected to and leave all the glue traps in place. Instead they gave me back all my glue traps, which was stack on each other pure garage. pointless really.

Guy told them a nice story about how the mama mice won't fall for glue traps etc... he is using glue traps in a box and bait(which I have already tried). anyway Yeah his first try like mines didn't get them.

They wanted to hire him again for the second time, I told them no unless he is doing something else I'm not doing or can't do. Yes I'll pay for it.

Normally tenants would let me go in and do my thing, but these guys had to be home when I did it. which wasn't home very much and I can't do this and that.

My options were limited by them and if they done what my other tenants done, hey go in and use your keys and make sure they are gone etc.. they would probably be gone within 2 weeks max. That was my guarantee to them or I pay for professionals to do it. They told me I was taking too long, I said to them, let me have key access and I'll get it done.

Many things you can do yourself like oil changes but you hire professionals to do it cause its easier and faster for them. But other things like appliance repair etc.. you can do it yourself if you know how to read and understand. Plus no point in hiring one if the repair cost 1/5 of the price of the item itself. After replacing one too many washing machines etc.. I decided to just fix them myself.

It was kinda a fluke really. I'm fairly quick learning. I was running very low on renovation money. Machine broke. I just look up on how much parts were and done it myself.  That was a few years back, after that I done all the repairs myself.

Same thing with bed bugs after paying these guys over 10k to get rid of one, they couldn't, I just went and did research and reading etc.. and done it for few hundred bucks worth.


*sigh

Rent best not be deducted from their "professional" treatments. Sometimes over educated people just makes me go arggggg.

Fixing major appliances isn't too difficult. The web will help you diagnose the problem, and then you just order a part and bolt it on. If you diagnose the wrong part, just return it and order the right one.

It isn't quick, but can save you a $100 in labor, easy.

I am not sure I would have the patience to be a landlord. Tenants are very picky, and want everything done for them.

I'd have no problem having an exterminator visit regularly, but if a tenant can't/won't do basic maintenance on their unit (like unclog their own drains), I would try to not renew their lease.