Property Management Co

[RonMexico]

Are property mgmt co liable for damages if they never check on the property and a renter trashes a house.
So far I have put $2200 in repair(carpet, paint, appliances.....) cost at my house not including my 100+ hr of labor, gas or mileage. I only got the $1300 deposit for compensation, they never even collected on the last months rent.
I am pissed bc I paid these people nearly 3k in commission over the past 18 months.

[cwripinz]

What does your contract say about it?

[Gman]

What does your contract say about it?

I couldn't improve on this statement.

[Dave_L]

My guess is no but it may depend on the contract language. I had a bad situation with some tenants and from my understanding, prop management co's are not liable. They just serve as contact people, rent collector, etc. However, if the contract states they'll do monthly check ups and ensure that the house is in good shape, you may have a leg to stand on. Otherwise, they only go check on the house if they get a ton of complaints.

[Wulf202]

My guess is no but it may depend on the contract language.

+1
who'd you use?

[RonMexico]

Honestly, I haven't read too deep into the contract. The problem was they should have evicted these people earlier: they balanced checks, never paid late fees and my agent had to go to their store and collect the rent every month. After fixing my house the co told me not to feel bad because the were shorted 1k+ in late fees.
They said they will take them to small claims court, but don't know if we will see a dime so they asked if we could pretty much sweep it under the rug and just get new tenets

[UrbanWolf]

Honestly, I haven't read too deep into the contract. The problem was they should have evicted these people earlier: they balanced checks, never paid late fees and my agent had to go to their store and collect the rent every month. After fixing my house the co told me not to feel bad because the were shorted 1k+ in late fees.
They said they will take them to small claims court, but don't know if we will see a dime so they asked if we could pretty much sweep it under the rug and just get new tenets

They seem shitty enough that you are better off manage things yourself. Just find good renters.

[HoneyBadger]

Just find good renters.

^LOL^ easier said than done!

[Dave_L]

Honestly, I haven't read too deep into the contract. The problem was they should have evicted these people earlier: they balanced checks, never paid late fees and my agent had to go to their store and collect the rent every month. After fixing my house the co told me not to feel bad because the were shorted 1k+ in late fees.
They said they will take them to small claims court, but don't know if we will see a dime so they asked if we could pretty much sweep it under the rug and just get new tenets

Read the contract/lease. Why should they have evicted them earlier? Because bad signs were starting to appear? Or because they didn't live up to their end of the lease but the management co let them slide for a few more months? If, by contract/lease, they should have evicted them a long time ago, I think you may have some ground to stand on but how much, I dont know. If it was just a "The tenants were being shitty and the management co shouldn't have put up with it as long as they did", that's a different ballgame. The management company sounds like a POS if they were letting the tenants walk all over them like it sounds like they were. But, it all boils down to what was legally required by each party. I got stuck paying the unpaid water bill of $250 after my last tenants because as owner of the house, water rights are ultimately my responsibility. Good tenants are hard to find but when you do, do everything you can to keep them in your house.

[funkymonkey1111]

they are your agent--what did you tell them they could or couldn't do?