From: Anton Madievski
Dear Forum,
The tenant in my rental apartment left before the lease expiry, two months in rental arrears and with malicious damage to the unit probably in tens of thousands of dollars. This was the very first tenant in the
brand new apartment. This was my first experience with property investment and I did not have landlord's insurance. The agent managing the property is holidaying and is not contactable. Other Raine & Horne agents do not want to touch this. Obviously, the unit cannot be rented in its current condition, but I was told that nothing can be done before the managing agent is back. Furthermore, Raine & Horne do not know if
the keys have been returned.
I feel that the managing agent did not do a good job checking the references and ensuring the tenant is up to date with the rent
payments. Every time I brought rental delays to agent's attention, he responded that the tenant is a very nice person and it would be inhumane to evict him. I wonder what should I do? At the mean time, the unit is untenanted and no repairs can be started
until the managing agent returns from holiday and no one knows when he is coming back.
I would much appreciate your advice.
Sincerely,
Anton
Dear Forum,
The tenant in my rental apartment left before the lease expiry, two months in rental arrears and with malicious damage to the unit probably in tens of thousands of dollars. This was the very first tenant in the
brand new apartment. This was my first experience with property investment and I did not have landlord's insurance. The agent managing the property is holidaying and is not contactable. Other Raine & Horne agents do not want to touch this. Obviously, the unit cannot be rented in its current condition, but I was told that nothing can be done before the managing agent is back. Furthermore, Raine & Horne do not know if
the keys have been returned.
I feel that the managing agent did not do a good job checking the references and ensuring the tenant is up to date with the rent
payments. Every time I brought rental delays to agent's attention, he responded that the tenant is a very nice person and it would be inhumane to evict him. I wonder what should I do? At the mean time, the unit is untenanted and no repairs can be started
until the managing agent returns from holiday and no one knows when he is coming back.
I would much appreciate your advice.
Sincerely,
Anton
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