What is the name of your state? TEXAS
For the last 3 years we have suffered at the hands of unbelievable white trash neighbors who are renters. The times that we reported their activities to the police (ie: excessive noise, throwing trash next to the alley dumpster that wouldn't fit & much more), these people broke out all the windows of our car, tore down our alley gate & fence, and left a plate of "poop" on our doorstep. So, needless to say, we became frightened of them & quit complaining to the police (who never seemed to be willing to pursue this in the first place). We live in a very nice, well-groomed, upper middle class neighborhood where we all own our homes & work very hard to keep them in excellent condition. However, our former neighbors across the alley, sold their home to an individual investor who lives more than 700 miles away & apparently rents the home out through a local (unknown to us) real estate management company. Since this person began renting out the property, all of us in the neighborhood have suffered at the hands of these renters in one or more ways or another. The loud (yelling & screaming) fights & parties, the constant flow of people entering through their alley gate, blocking the alley driveway, and the incredible amount of trash they seem to generate (including poop filled diapers up & down the alley), stealing food from my garden by climbing over my fence, and much more. Not to mention the malicious retaliations we have all incurred by these people. We have owned our home (fully paid for) for 19 years and now that our children are grown & off living their own lives, we thought we had finally found peace. We were WRONG. The year our youngest child left for college was the year these miserable renters moved in behind us. Our house is on a double size lot which allows me to grow an organic vegetable garden in a 20' by 20' fenced area behind our large backyard, which of course places me closer to these people than I care to be. However, as I quietly work my garden, I have heard much of what goes on over there & it isn't nice or good in any way. Eventually, I began writing down the numbers of the license plates freqenting this rental property and joined PublicData.com to find out whatever I could about these neanderthals. Not surprisingly, I discovered that, every car was owned by someone who had a criminal record, ranging from multiple DWI arrests, credit card abuse, child molesting, carrying concealed weapons, and the list goes on. My husband & I even considered the idea of selling our home & moving, but we love this place, as do our children, and we worked hard to pay it off & live in peace. What a joke! My neighbors on both sides, along with us, have frequently been in the alley trying to (unsuccessfully) empty our garbage, only to find that these people have filled every single dumpster to the point of overflowing (and blowing about), leaving us scratching our heads in trying to come up with a solution.
So, after all the fretting & worrying & the vandalism we have suffered at the hands of these people, I discovered some new information about them today. After visiting for a few moments with our postal carrier, I found out that there are 3 families living there. It is a single-family dwelling. Then, later in the day, a neighbor called me to tell me that these people were evidently 4 months behind in their rent, and that they were secretly moving out of the house during the dark of night in order to skip out on what they owed their landlord. Which is why I witnessed them moving major appliances & furniture out through the alley night before last @ midnight. Needless to say, I did a big time *happy dance*, even though I feel bad that they are basically screwing the owner/landlord.
Here is where my question (finally) comes in. I thought I might try to contact the owner and offer to be her property manager, securing a nice family in the dwelling while keeping an eye on them as well. Frankly, I cannot even imagine how this last motley crew was ever rented the dwelling, but it happened & it appears that no one cares to check up on the property. If I were the owner, I would certainly want to protect my investment for future incomes, not allowing unsavory types to wreck my property or the property belonging to my neighbors. So, I told my husband of my idea and he says that you have to be a realtor in order to be the go-between for a landlord & a renter. I disagree, although I'm probably wrong, but thought I would put the question to you, the experts who so generously offer your time & knowledge to this site. Please tell me if I'm wrong or right, so that I can either pursue my idea or lay it to rest. I await your reply(ies) with great anticipation, but due patience. Again, thanks so much for even reading my post and all replies will be highly appreciated, whether I'm wrong or right.
Kind regards,
Liz C. - Texas
For the last 3 years we have suffered at the hands of unbelievable white trash neighbors who are renters. The times that we reported their activities to the police (ie: excessive noise, throwing trash next to the alley dumpster that wouldn't fit & much more), these people broke out all the windows of our car, tore down our alley gate & fence, and left a plate of "poop" on our doorstep. So, needless to say, we became frightened of them & quit complaining to the police (who never seemed to be willing to pursue this in the first place). We live in a very nice, well-groomed, upper middle class neighborhood where we all own our homes & work very hard to keep them in excellent condition. However, our former neighbors across the alley, sold their home to an individual investor who lives more than 700 miles away & apparently rents the home out through a local (unknown to us) real estate management company. Since this person began renting out the property, all of us in the neighborhood have suffered at the hands of these renters in one or more ways or another. The loud (yelling & screaming) fights & parties, the constant flow of people entering through their alley gate, blocking the alley driveway, and the incredible amount of trash they seem to generate (including poop filled diapers up & down the alley), stealing food from my garden by climbing over my fence, and much more. Not to mention the malicious retaliations we have all incurred by these people. We have owned our home (fully paid for) for 19 years and now that our children are grown & off living their own lives, we thought we had finally found peace. We were WRONG. The year our youngest child left for college was the year these miserable renters moved in behind us. Our house is on a double size lot which allows me to grow an organic vegetable garden in a 20' by 20' fenced area behind our large backyard, which of course places me closer to these people than I care to be. However, as I quietly work my garden, I have heard much of what goes on over there & it isn't nice or good in any way. Eventually, I began writing down the numbers of the license plates freqenting this rental property and joined PublicData.com to find out whatever I could about these neanderthals. Not surprisingly, I discovered that, every car was owned by someone who had a criminal record, ranging from multiple DWI arrests, credit card abuse, child molesting, carrying concealed weapons, and the list goes on. My husband & I even considered the idea of selling our home & moving, but we love this place, as do our children, and we worked hard to pay it off & live in peace. What a joke! My neighbors on both sides, along with us, have frequently been in the alley trying to (unsuccessfully) empty our garbage, only to find that these people have filled every single dumpster to the point of overflowing (and blowing about), leaving us scratching our heads in trying to come up with a solution.
So, after all the fretting & worrying & the vandalism we have suffered at the hands of these people, I discovered some new information about them today. After visiting for a few moments with our postal carrier, I found out that there are 3 families living there. It is a single-family dwelling. Then, later in the day, a neighbor called me to tell me that these people were evidently 4 months behind in their rent, and that they were secretly moving out of the house during the dark of night in order to skip out on what they owed their landlord. Which is why I witnessed them moving major appliances & furniture out through the alley night before last @ midnight. Needless to say, I did a big time *happy dance*, even though I feel bad that they are basically screwing the owner/landlord.
Here is where my question (finally) comes in. I thought I might try to contact the owner and offer to be her property manager, securing a nice family in the dwelling while keeping an eye on them as well. Frankly, I cannot even imagine how this last motley crew was ever rented the dwelling, but it happened & it appears that no one cares to check up on the property. If I were the owner, I would certainly want to protect my investment for future incomes, not allowing unsavory types to wreck my property or the property belonging to my neighbors. So, I told my husband of my idea and he says that you have to be a realtor in order to be the go-between for a landlord & a renter. I disagree, although I'm probably wrong, but thought I would put the question to you, the experts who so generously offer your time & knowledge to this site. Please tell me if I'm wrong or right, so that I can either pursue my idea or lay it to rest. I await your reply(ies) with great anticipation, but due patience. Again, thanks so much for even reading my post and all replies will be highly appreciated, whether I'm wrong or right.
Kind regards,
Liz C. - Texas