Buchanan Homes

The tenant Dianne selected "duped" her in several respects. First, the tenant told Dianne she was single and would be living at the house alone. The tenant, more often than not, had at least 2 siblings coming and going from the property regularly. I later found out, those siblings were using my house as their mailing address. The tenant did all of their (tenant and siblings) laundry and at least 5 kids' laundry in my facilities. When they moved in, they brought two cars that were each 3-4 colors and had parts hanging from them with bailing wire. Both vehicles leaked fluids. During the course of the tenant's stay, the tenant stored up to a total of 4 derelict cars on the property. From day one, the tenant blocked the common entryway with a big screen TV. I complained then and Dianne "spoke to the tenant about it". I complained several more times during the following 10 months, but the TV did not leave the entry stairwell until the tenant moved out. The tenant refused to allow Dianne and her people access to the property to determine if there was a roof leak, over approximately 3 months (There was damage to two of the ceilings found during a random inspection, about 3 months in). Even though it was in the tenant's contract to allow "random inspections", Dianne's people refused to enter the property without being accompanied by the tenant. The final straw for me was when the tenant left several small children unattended at the property for several hours. The downstairs apartment was broken into and many of my things had been carried out to the back yard. The garage access door was kicked in. At that point, I asked that the tenant be evicted (around the 10th month) and the tenant moved out about 2 months later. Dianne never attempted to collect or repay me for any of the damages. Dianne did not act very experienced. My above experience, my first for renting out my property, went horribly. I will not rent property in the future. It's definitely not worth the headache.