Working on my rental property with a tenant?

[Montehall]

We are evicting the tenant in one of our rental properties in Indiana.
The house needs some work so we can rent it our again.

The County Sheriffs weren't sure on the law regarding if we can work on the house with the "renter" still in it.

What says OT?

[Stangkiller]

Man that's just asking for all the work to be messed up by the current tenant...get them out before you put another penny into the house.

[Jeff '79]

Man that's just asking for all the work to be messed up by the current tenant...get them out before you put another penny into the house.

:iagree:.....:yesnod:

[MEANZ06]

wait... :yesnod:

[78SA]

Cheap rent? :leaving:

[Sea Six]

We are evicting the tenant in one of our rental properties in Indiana.
The house needs some work so we can rent it our again.

The County Sheriffs weren't sure on the law regarding if we can work on the house with the "renter" still in it.

What says OT?

I wouldn't do a damn thing until he moves out.

1. If you wind up improving any part of the house, which he would be able to enjoy while still living there, you're just giving him that much reason to stay. Conversely, delaying fixing the place up would possibly make them move out earlier.

2. If you fix anything, and he breaks it before he leaves, you'll have to pay for the repair twice.

[DAB]

Man that's just asking for all the work to be messed up by the current tenant...get them out before you put another penny into the house.

:iagree:

Do it once. Do it right.

[99 pewtercoupe]

I wouldn't do a damn thing until he moves out.

1. If you wind up improving any part of the house, which he would be able to enjoy while still living there, you're just giving him that much reason to stay. Conversely, delaying fixing the place up would possibly make them move out earlier.

2. If you fix anything, and he breaks it before he leaves, you'll have to pay for the repair twice.

Plus 1

[G8rDMD]

I agree with all my esteemed colleagues who have posted before me :yesnod:

[JRD77VET]

I agree with all my esteemed colleagues who have posted before me :yesnod:

:iagree: Unless of course you want the first repair just to be "practice" when they trash it right before they leave for good. :kick:

[lspencer534]

You're all full of shit. What could possibly go wrong?

[Blademaker]

Man that's just asking for all the work to be messed up by the current tenant...get them out before you put another penny into the house.

:iagree:

[Montehall]

I'm mostly talking about re-shingling the roof (starting at 5am or so). The court date is next week.

[Stangkiller]

I'm mostly talking about re-shingleing the roof. The court date is next week.

:rofl: Sorry man i just gotta laugh about your luck with roofs this year.

Do they give a discount for working overnight? Maybe have the roofers on the roof between midnight and 4am?

[Montehall]

:rofl: Sorry man i just gotta laugh about your luck with roofs this year.

Do they give a discount for working overnight? Maybe have the roofers on the roof between midnight and 4am?
My wife would be doing this roof herself.

[Stangkiller]

My wife would be doing this roof herself.

Buy her a LOUD generator -- and some big lights, I hope she likes working at night. :D

Oh yeah hire her some security!

[LATB]

If the roof is not leaking...and you anticipate the current tenant gone in a few weeks to 30 days...I'd wait.

If there is a roof leak or other issue, I would proceed immediately. However...I would inform the current tenant in writing and I would not cause a nuisance for the current tenant while doing so.

[MrPeabody]

If the roof is not leaking...and you anticipate the current tenant gone in a few weeks to 30 days...I'd wait.

If there is a roof leak or other issue, I would proceed immediately. However...I would inform the current tenant in writing and I would not cause a nuisance for the current tenant while doing so.

:iagree: It should be stated clearly in the rental agreement what is required for you to make necessary repairs. (how much notice to give the tenant, etc.)

[Uri]

Wait, and pray for a reinstitution of debtors prisons.

[lspencer534]

Wait, and pray for a reinstitution of debtors prisons.

All they're waiting on is for me to miss one house payment.

[LATB]

All they're waiting on is for me to miss one house payment.

It takes 90 days before a lender can start foreclosure proceedings...and there is a redemption clause in most mortgages...

[Uri]

All they're waiting on is for me to miss one house payment.

I meant your tenants!! Why are they being expulsed?

:waiting:

[lspencer534]

It takes 90 days before a lender can start foreclosure proceedings...and there is a redemption clause in most mortgages...

It was [bad] joke! My feckin' house it paid for!

[LATB]

It was [bad] joke! My feckin' house it paid for!

:cheers:

[repo]

Wait for the 3 grand the other tenant stiffed you on and just pay someone to do it.:slap::leaving:

[Blademaker]

Wait, and pray for a reinstitution of debtors prisons.

Yeeesssssssss..........Thisssssssss.........Fvck those scofflaws......:hurray:

:rep:

[Uncle Pervey]

I got hauled to the cop shop one time for helping a friend "remodel" a rent house he owned. The tenant wouldn't get out, he had an eviction notice but he Sheriff had not evicted them yet. We went over one morning and started taking the doors and windows off. The renter called the cops, the cops came we showed them the eviction notice and the deed to the house.
They took us to the cop shop anyway. We sat there a couple of hours until my buddies lawyer came and got us. It was fun, the police all agreed that we had a perfect right to be there and the renter needed to get out, but the law says you can't make a residence unliveable until the renter is out. Even if they are ignoring an eviction notice. Nothing ever came of it, the renter left and he put on new doors and new windows. :leaving:

[C5SilverBullet]

Burn the house down...with them in it. That will teach them.