Monday, April 12, 2021

Grievance Committee Meeting--The Landlord Addition

Nothing gets a fire under my seat more than my monthly Grievance Committee meetings. And oh my! This month was a doozy. 

A few items to note: if you are a landlord, please do not break your tenant's window, stick your arm into the property, grab the security camera sitting inside the window and throw said camera into a fountain. The entire interaction might be caught on video and stored somewhere to be used against you. 

If you are a tenant, using words like "embezzling," "extortion," and "harassment" to describe your experience with you--Mr. Tenant--then not paying your rent and then claiming the property management  company is out to get you, may not make your case sound so credible. 

And finally, if you are a property management company, might be a good idea to put everything you are doing with your landlord in writing AND THEN get your owner to agree to the contract before you act on their behalf. Otherwise, your landlord--in this case your client--might be a tad pissy when they find out you withheld funds that they feel are owed to them. And just because you, Mr. Property Manager, re-write your contract and omit a new contract is in place (and again don't get your landlord to sign off on it), doesn't mean the contract is valid. In fact, it is truly only an essay at that point.  

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