They are the bane of every owner and manager. No one wants to discover a busted window lock or collusion by a not-so-trusted worker that allowed a vagrant to camp out in an empty unit, a house or condo–or even your unlocked car.
Yes, even car dealerships share this pain: there are strange stories of discovering vagrants camping out in their new vehicles. Face it . . . 100 cars on the lot and security cameras cannot watch every vehicle. Your brand new SUV may have been someone’s motel room. Real joy!
Sadly, I have found nasty bathtub rings and toothpaste spit smeared on mirrors of a unit that had been cleaned and renovated. I have a firm rule that for every empty unit, the kitchen and hall lights will be left on and all the shades will be open. No #$@% exceptions!
Years ago, we had a terrible tenant, lots of drama, lots of late night traffic. We all knew what was going on. Finally, the police came and took her away. Big yippee!
However, that started another problem; her friends were boldly breaking in late at night and camping out.
Three officers, one that stood as tall as Goliath, and a Belgium Sheppard. Wow. I gave them the keys and they went in. Sadly, it was false alarm. They weren’t angry, they understood, they knew what I was up against.
However, the brand new tenants, who had just moved in that day, were very rudely awakened by the sight of several officers and a dog skulking past their back windows, complete with flashing lights, plus other tenants who came out to see the commotion.
They laugh now, but I couldn’t apologize enough then.
As I keep saying, this is a complicated job.
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