Yeah, I realised after I'd posted, but thought rather than delete the post, I'd just appologise and let everyone else see how silly I am.
your post was quite subdued considering you thought it was real. i would have been much harsher
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Yeah, I realised after I'd posted, but thought rather than delete the post, I'd just appologise and let everyone else see how silly I am.
your post was quite subdued considering you thought it was real. i would have been much harsher
You were recently featured on the Aussie version of Hoarders.
washers need changing
LOL! I think I was just in shock at the audacity! Never mind, I've got my cuppa now. All good!
That's one of my personal favourites.
Don't forget; light bulbs, weeds, window screens and let's be honest - would a fresh coat of paint kill you? I'm a reasonable man - I'm willing to take a rent reduction until these are all sorted.
As for the application form, have they got one online? Most agents do, although some reason not giving out the application prior to inspection is because people don't think about the property over night - then, when they do some pull out after the PM and admin girls have already taken the property off the market, knocked back other applications, called all the unsuccessful people and prepared all the leases and tenant info.
Either way, we locked in 12 months, so he can't up the rent on us until after then.
One of mine just came back from a 2 months overseas holiday (parents and three kids), got a new car last week and a whole trailer of new furniture. Cried poor last month when the rent went up $10pw. They also cried poor the year before that when it went up $5. I think it's just an automatic reaction with some people - if they want to move out due to an increase it's up to them, I don't care either way. In this particular case they're obviously bluffing.
Trip was probably on a credit card and furniture was probably "pay in 3 years time" deal
Always good to hear a bit of real life reality to temper the theoretical spreadsheet investors who assume Tenants will just roll over and pay whatever.
Pray tell, seeing as though this aspect is the main goal / driver for us investors owning property in the first place, what level of increase would you be willing to pay in 12 months time before you cracked a wobbly and left ??
A friend of a friend is saying how he & his partner are trying to save, but how it's so hard when they have to buy a new Holden Cruze and , a trip to SE Asia & 2 trips to Melbourne this year alone ! How are you meant to save money whilst doing this ... sigh...
I think the hard thing is for peopel to acutally begin seeign things differently.
I feel the need to try and help friends to open their eyes to this, but delayed gratification is often a pretty hard sell.
However I guess the way we have to look at it is that if everyone saw the same then there would not be the same opportunities.
We found a similar issue when we first moved to Sydney and rented. We wanted a longterm lease (3 years) and were advised that we had to rent the property for 6 months before the LL would agree. That's fine no issue.
Six months goes by and we contact the PM. After two months of regularly following up we get a notice to vacate as apparently the LL is coming back from overseas and wants to move in. Not happy Jan.
As we had the ability to buy we advised the PM that we would not be able to vacate until we settled on another property. Not a happy PM.
Went to pay the rent for the period beyond notice to vactae and settlement (about three weeks) and the PM refused to accept the payment stating that as we 'must' vacate in accordance with the notice.
Having our own rentals we knew it would have to go to tribunal and that by the time it did we would have vacated. Explained this to the PM but they still would not accept payment. We stated that if they did not accept payment now, we would not be making a payment later. Still no go.
They then tried to get a payment after the notice date and we refused. We left when our property settled and they kept the bond. They ended up ahead but considering the BS from the LL, chances are we wouldn't have seen the bond anyway.
The PM probably thought we were ******** tenants however the issue arose because either the LL was dishonest about their intentions for the property or the PM never informed them of our request for a longterm lease. Either way I'd rather buy than rent any day.