Tizzy

I have NO idea why this happened, but there was a near crisis yesterday.

I had gone to the vet with Jack, to get him his check up and shots, and travel meds. When I got home, I found an urgent message from the condo association person who interviewed my tenant.

I called her back, and she said "I think maybe there's something you don't know. Your tenant is having her grown SON live with her. She said his dad kicked him out, and he has to live with her. There's nothing in any of your paperwork about a second person, so I figured you didn't know."

Well, NO, I did NOT know!! I had given her permission to have her son visit, of COURSE (she can have anyone she wants to visit)...but he's 20 years old, and if he were to live with her here, there would have been two adult names on the lease, and a bigger security deposit!

If the condo lady was right, then my tenant had already broken the terms of her lease BEFORE EVEN MOVING IN!!

So, I got on the phone right away to my realtor. She went into action, said she would start with calling the condo lady first, to check to see if my tenant had been rejected. Then, she'd get in touch with the tenant. She said she'd have to get back to me later.

In the meantime, my sister arrived to help me do some final packing. We did that for a while, then we went out for lunch, then came home and worked some more.

By about 2, we had used up the roll of tape I'd purchased yesterday, so I walked over to K mart to get more.

Of course, that was when my realtor called back. SO, as soon as I got back, I returned her call, and she and I talked a bit.

First off, the condo association did NOT reject the tenant, but they DID feel I needed to know that the tenant was breaking the lease already, and that is between me and the tenant. They also felt that the adult child's name should be added to the paperwork.

Then, the realtor said that the tenant claims she NEVER said her son was going to live with her. The story is that all she did was ask for an extra parking sticker, because her son will visit a lot.

The tenant claims that the interviewer didn't LIKE her, so was trying to muck things up.

I am getting the impression that my tenant is a drama queen (having had PLENTY of experience with those at the job I just quit), and I seriously doubt that the interviewer didn't like her.

So, at this point, I had given up the fight. I said "If her son is going to be here, so be it....I CAN'T start over now!!"

I told my realtor, let's just leave things as they are, and take her word for it.

BUT let's make it clear to her what the ramifications of breaking the lease ARE, since she claims to have no idea what renting a property is all about. She needs to know the facts.

My realtor said she would call the tenant back, and explain to her that IF her son DOES move in, she will be in breach of contract, and subject to eviction.

HOWEVER, if she wants her son to live with her, we STILL HAVE TIME to re write the lease, so that it's all LEGAL, and the owner is willing to do this for an additional security deposit.

There was no call back to me, so I am assuming there will be no son moving in.

JUST the kind of stress I DID NOT NEED right now!!