It’s My Way … No Highway Option

Real Estate Coordination

I dont understand some homeowners we manage properties for.  If you own a home and are willing to rent it out to a tenant, then you should have the common sense that repairs are going to be needed once in awhile and its not always the tenants fault.  Especially if the house is 10 years old…HELLO!

I have had to explain to many homeowners that their tenant had nothing to do with  the a/c unit going out.  Granted sometimes it may be the tenants fault due to the neglect of changing out the filter every month, but most of the time an a/c unit dies is because its too old or wear and tear. Shit it’s Vegas…practically the surface of the sun…it’s hot!!! But then the owners wants to complain and say, “Well what did my tenant do to make that happen?”….Absolutely nothing…except live in the damn house for a year and used the utilities that they have a right to use.  Oh yeah and its even worse with the owners that do not live in Las Vegas or ever have lived here because they do not understand what hot temperatures are and think that the tenant can handle a few days without a/c during the summer.  Those are the ones that take their sweet ass time to get an estimate approved on a new a/c unit and then it takes even longer to order the unit and install it.  It’s ridiculous!  In the meantime the tenant is calling me and freaking out because their homes feel like the inside of an oven.  By law, if you are an owner and the a/c unit goes out in a property that you are renting out, you have to address the issue within 48 hours otherwise the tenant has the option to go get a hotel room and deduct the cost off of their rent for the days that they did not have a/c in their home.  There are a few repairs that apply to this law such as heating, a/c, no water in the home, floods and fires. These problems are deemed as uninhabitable living situations and have to be taken care of right away. This is per any lease that is from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.  So any Property Management Company would be under these terms and also any Private Owners that get their leases from the GLVAR.  Im sure if a tenant was ever to take an owner to Court regarding an uninhabitable living environment…the tenant would win if the owners sat on the problem for longer than a few days.  There are so many legal avenues to take when it comes to your living environment because that is a personal space and everyone needs a roof over their heads no matter what…especially if you are paying for it every month out of pocket.  Living paycheck to paycheck.

I will give props to some Homeowners that are willing to do anything just to please their tenants.  But it’s sad in some cases also because some tenants take advantage of their owners generosity.  Some tenants think that the owners should be responsible for every little teeny tiny repair that needs to be fixed, such as a toilet paper holder falling off the wall…thats just laziness.  Anyone can repair that but I’ve had tenants that have called me and requested a contractor to do it.  Mind you…a contractor service call is roughly $72.00 just to come out to the property…that doesnt include the price for any parts needed.

So you can see my point…they are really needy tenants that make it their 24 hour job to request repairs to their rental home and expect their owners to spend all this unnecessary money to do something they can take care of themselves in less than 5 minutes with a simple screw and screwdriver. Then there are insensitive owners that think that the tenant is at fault for everything and dont realize that some things definitely need to be taken care of right away and that there isn’t time to mess around and get 3-4 estimates just so they can get the cheapest price.

There are always problems and debates when it comes to Real Estate investment and Residential Rentals.  But it’s my job and I love it.  It’s really kind of sick…I’m addicted to Real Estate Coordinating.

LOL! I could write about it all day.