She's been renting the bottom unit of my duplex since 2018. Originally a couple, they split four years ago and she stayed. I live part time in the upper two floors. Whenever I've needed to do maintenance, her apartment is always a mess. Extremely cluttered, but I never really paid attention to it and got the work done and got out.

The past six months the mess is spilling into the shared spaces- the stairwell, basement, garage and porch. Now, as I actually look at what it is, it's 90% garbage. Empty plastic and cardboard everything. Like, almost all of it can just be put in the recycling container provided by the city or thrown out.

Today I had a calm conversation with her saying it's getting out of hand and asking what I can do to help the situation and I was surprised at her reaction. She kind of disassociated and then started explaining that it just needed to be organized and there are a lot of useful containers. It finally dawned on me that I might be dealing with a pathology. We're literally standing in the basement in what looks like an exploded garbage bag and she says it just needs to be organized.

She's in her early 30s and the rub of it is she's an actual psychologist/therapist. She's in every other respect a great tenant. No other issues.

Any others deal with something similar and if so, how did you manage it and what was the outcome?

The wife in a tenant couple has been texting me asking for her options on leaving her husband and breaking the lease. I support her from getting out of the relationship if it’s not working for her. There are four months left in the lease. In the past they’ve missed rent once or twice because of husbands spending/job insecurity/addiction issues. I want her to be able to get out but fear he will not leave after she goes and maybe not pay. His sister is a lawyer. Do I usher them to break the lease together and both move, ask him to reapply as a solo, then reassess his income as an individual or what? They have a kid, too. Any advice is appreciated.

First time having to get to this point with a tenant. These people are shit and the "relationship" is definitely hostile at this point.

Wanted to turn on the sprinklers. After posting a 2-day notice to enter (and cert. mailing it) 3 days in advance, I went to enter. Knocked, their kid flipped open the mail slot in the door then retreated inside, knocked again, called, texted, announced I'm coming in and..... they have some kind of inside locking device/deadbolt. My key worked, but the door wouldn't open. Pieces of shit!!

So, now we're into the eviction process waiting to get to the court date. They've been served the summons and complaint, and the paperwork has been filed with the court.

My question: I'd like to get a head start on the inevitable amount of work that will need to be done once the sheriff forcibly removes them. Do I need to even serve a notice to do lawn work that is out front? I wouldn't go in (they wouldn't even allow it). Thoughts?

I’ve loved rentprep for years now but they changed their process and it is not as user friendly it doesn’t seem and prospective tenants are struggling and I’m missing opportunities. I used to love the income verification portion. Now it’s crap the last few screenings I’ve done. And because of their new process I’ve lost tenants.

Does anyone have an alternative to the income verification process they like?

[Landlord - TX/US] Without solicitations or ads from the sales people, can real landlords give us your experiences with rent collection?

I heard : zero customer service from Zillow, what about RentRendi, Turbotenant, Avail, Baselane...?