Removing tenant’s broken car
April 26, 2011
My tenant is moving out in the 1st week of May. I did a primary inspection this past weekend and found out that there is a broken car sitting in the garage.What is the best way to ask them to remove the car? The car has no tires whatoever. I don’t want them to damage the house when they move out of California. And if the deposit is not enough to pay for the final cleaning and repairing, what should I do? Thanks for your help.
Stockton, CA
Usually a broken car WITH A TITLE is not a problem because salvage yards or metal recycling facilities will often buy the car or at least tow the car away for free.
It would be best to contact the tenants and encourage them to take the car with them or sell it to a salvage yard or metal recyling facility. Explain to them that if they leave the car behind, they will end up owing tow charges and storage fees, so it is in their best interest to be proactive. Normally a tow company will not charge you for the towing and storage fees but will charge the owner of the vehicle.
If the tenants have damages or cleaning bills that the deposit will not cover, then it is best to turn over the debt to a collections agency if the tenants will not pay promptly.
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Some 30 years ago Bob Cain went to a no-money-down seminar and got the notion that owning rental property would be just the best idea there is for making money. He bought some. Trouble was, what he learned at the seminar didn’t tell him how to make money on his rental property. He went looking for help in the form of a magazine or newsletter about the business. He couldn't find any.
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One Comment on “Removing tenant’s broken car”
Deekshi
August 24, 2015 at 2:57 pm
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