10-08-2016, 05:52 AM
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Originally posted by randomq
So what can a landlord do when they are renovating or no longer wish to rent at all? There must be some legal loophole for providing notice of the termination of a rental. I suspect it would be a couple months?
https://cca.hawaii.gov/hfic/files/2013/0...ndbook.pdf
Without having looked up that PDF file I can say, in your case, it is common to want or cause repairs and renovations. You do need to give them written notice, and follow the proper procedure. if they avoid ya serve them either through certified mail or a process server. The procedure to notify and time frame would be whatever Hawaii allows. Once the notice is proper, time has passed they can not deny entrance. And if they do, then you've grounds to quit the lease or tendency. Don't push em around, show any anger what so ever. Be coordinal polite, clean your mess daily to provide a habitable environment. Alternatively, if the repairs require a vacancy, and or owner intends to occupy, most states provide a procedure, owner moving in is usually a shorter process .. You may have to put them up somewhere else, hotel etc. Follow it to the letter.
Yet persuasion, bluffing, whatever it takes without offending them, can speed thing along.
[final edit, The cards ARE stacked against you. yet there's good reason, but it's the one bad apple deal. To many lousy creeps have spoiled it for decent landlords. So, due your due diligences as it's the only card in your favor]
Moreover, any way you look at it, it's going to come out of your pocket when a tenant is not in agreement, so, plot the course of least resistance in time or money.
Know your tenant from day 1. I used to have a rather boring interviewing session, and then a long 3-5 hour signing session. I read, have them follow along every single word in my contracts. And explain em whether they said they'd understood or not.
Lots of people hated that, lol. But tough luck for them, If they wanted in, they'd be patent enough to get though my interrogations.
I'd spend a lot of time Because, before I signed anybody in, I'd ask questions then, later, circle back around and ask again, each time setting them up for the rotation so it didn't seem obvious I was tossing their answers back in their face. Most people exaggerate, some will lie and by the time I rechecked the answers, usually 3 times around, I'd be able to separate the difference. so, if I let to them or told them no, I knew what to expect when it went bad.
I'd go over every detail because, it reinforced my big bluff, '10 day notice and I'm stealing your junk, locking YOU OUT! ' and all of the rest to insure they knew exactly what they'd be getting into. And while my bluff wasn't enforceable, everything else was to the letter of the law,. I.E. 1 rule or item in the list does not make the contract invalid. So, even if they knew or discovered it wasn't by the time I finished with em, they had the clue I wanted to embed in their minds, ALL THE REST ARE!! Plus understand, I MEANT IT!! cept the bluff of course, [grin] Also, within that period of time, we'd make a personal connection. People are not as rude or harsh when you've established a personal connect.
I'm long winded anyways, so, it's not so suspicious of me too. [grin]
Yet understanding too, the majority of tenants think you're making the cash, or "You can just write it off" Right? LOL. at least 75% of tenants rent because they can't buy, they'll be Jealous and those whom you've problems with will try and play their cards.. Yet, while it can make things tough too, it's a fools game. Moreover, of the many tips, providing you play fair, you'll know or should by then if your bluffs are enforceable, or not. So, either direction they want to play, it's their choice as to which game we're playing, because, I already know my bluffs are just that but I'm not tossing my hand in because, with the procedure too, from the moment I signed a contract, I'm prepared for the path of least resistance, to win in the end.