Liquor sales in Hayesville

In this sleepy little town of Hayeville, N.C. an amazing thing has happened. Today was the election on whether to have 4 things happen. They were all related to liquor sales. Liquor by the drink, malt sales, ABC stores and wines sales. 

Clay county has a population of 10,000 people with supposedly 8659 registered voters. This number is very suspect but on with the story.  Several months ago a group of concerned citizens got together and said “We need to keep tax dollars in Clay County”. They decided to get a petition going that would put liquor sales on the ballot. They would need 35% of the registered voters to sign the petition to get it on the ballot. They needed 35% of 8659 registered voters which is approximately 2900 people. Volunteers set out to get those signatures. They had a plan and they had a goal. They needed so many signatures each week. They worked hard and got the signatures with 20 to spare.

Now was the time for the people to be heard.

 Did this tiny little town nestled in the Tusquittee Mountain range need or want change to happen? 

Tonight the results came. There were 4613 ballots cast out of 8659 registered voters. The number of registered voters has been very suspect but what really matters is that 4613 ballots were cast.  In all 4 categories the vote was approximately  

60% voted FOR Liquor sales in all 4 categories

40% voted AGAINST Liquor sales in all 4 categories

Tenants are gone

We no longer have the tenants. Someone came in the night. So sad. They left one egg but I really don't believe that it will hatch. Nature can be hard to deal with just as people can be difficult. Understanding is needed in both cases. Tomorrow will be another day and hopefully someone else will come live in the the nest.

Tenant will fly away

WE Have a new tenant living just outside our office. They moved in about 7 days ago. They have no lease and will probably fly away . We are so excited to have them here. They are so nice and are truly a blessing to our office.

What happens to the security deposit when a tenant moves out. Depending on the state laws and the lease agreement, but in general the tenant will receive their entire deposit back minus any repairs for damage. In the state of Georgia, once the tenant has vacated the property and turned in the keys, the landlord has 3 business days to inspect the property and notify the tenant if there are any repairs to be done which were caused by the tenant or their guests.

This is where things can become complicated. The tenant had lived in the house for 4 years. He had taken good care of the home. His teenage daughter has spilled something on the floor in a bathroom and admits that even though he had it professional cleaned, he would be responsible for replacing/repairing the tile. 

After inspecting the house, we found that the tile indeed would need to be replaced. There was additional minor damage that would be considered  "Normal wear and tear. Now the owner is expecting to take most of the tenant's security deposit to handle all the repairs. We are now in the middle of a situation that both parties are not happy.

This just came into my email account and I just had to pass it along.

I threw out a mother years ago as she was left in a garage and in my opinion (not knowing momma was in there) all the items appeared to be trash.  The tenant sued me for throwing mother out, as well as some other junk (which he admitted was junk).  I felt bad that momma got spread at the dump but the judge did dismiss the case as I could not have possibly know she was in there and she was not actually thrown out until 7 days later as it was a low priority make ready and the tenant didn’t call during those 7 days get access for the junk or momma.  Sometimes tenants can really give you a curve ball. 

Being a member of NARPM(National Association of Residential Property Managers) gives me an opportunity to learn from my peers. We have what is called a list serve where we email each other and ask questions. We try to respond to situations that we may have dealt with in the past. One that was interesting to me was when a tenant moves out and leaves food in the refrigerator but has the electric turned off, how do you get the smell out of the refrigerator. There were many different answers. Everything from Baking soda, coal & Clorox. 

This was the latest.

In the “I thought I’d heard it all” department:

 

We got a call this morning from a tenant who stayed for a month in one of our vacation rental properties.  She is looking for her mother and thinks she may have left “Mother” at the rental property.  Turns out mother died and was cremated during the daughter’s visit to the Monterey Peninsula, and the daughter had her ashes in a box, which, upon returning home,  she cannot locate. 

 

Sure hope the housekeepers didn’t throw anything away . . . there is now a new tenant in the property .

Responses from her problem.

look in the trunk of the car....... that is where a friend of mine found her husband.

Evict the new tenant for too many occupants and charge the old tenant for improper cleaning for not cleaning the ashes

We try to have a laugh now and then just to make sure we are still sane.

 

Summer is definitely the time for crazy people. It must be the heat. Here are the things that I dealt with yesterday. 

1. Owner calls and says that tenant has moved out of Unit F and did I know that.

2. An owner who I terminated the management agreement wanted to know what happened to his couch and chair. The tenant has moved out and had taken the couch and chair which had been given to them by the owner and now the owner wants to be an Indian Giver.

3. Tenant had to move out of a house temporarily until repairs were made. She did not think she should have to pay rent or electricity at the temporary house.

4. Tenant calls and says she doesn't want to live with her live in boy friend any more and wants to get out of the lease. How does she do it?