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Do not rent to Lydia & Daniel Clonts—DEADBEAT TENANTS in Navarre FL

These two have been by far the worse tenants I have ever had. The two of them entered into a standard lease with a third person. At the lease signing they stated they had no pets and therefore I did not charge a pet deposit. Two months into lease the lies and deceit began, numerous cats had appeared in and around the property. They were immediately described as strays even though I could see the cat food bowl out near the front porch. When I found a domestic cat inside the property along with it’s scratching post and toys, I politely informed the tenants they had to pay the pet deposit. Before the first year was out Lydia had implied at least four times (each time she had to pay the rent) that they were going to have to move out. Each time I asked for the written thirty day notice and each time I received nothing. As the economy depressed, I showed a degree of empathy and lowered the rent. Two months later they were back to the same routine. Collecting rent quickly became a task, as they waited until the last possible moment to pay. On the first maintenance call I had to make, I found the property in a state of utter filth inside. I had to step over piles of soiled clothes and miscellaneous debris covering the master bedroom floor just to get to the bathroom. The final straw was broken when they had a split hot water pipe under the bathroom sink that they let spray a steady fan of hot water for over eight hours. When I responded to the maintenance call and immediately turned off the main water cut-off, I asked why they let it run. The reply given was because Lydia was having a fight with the roommate she wasn’t talking to him. Needless to say, major damage to the flooring and cabinets. This time Lydia again remarked about moving out so I called the bluff and demanded the signed thirty day notice. This time she hurriedly hand scribed a letter of intent. I told them they now had till the end of the month to vacate. Later that night and into the early hours they quietly tried to move all of their belongings out. Once out, they refused to pay the remaining balance of the rent due. When they found another Realtor gullible enough to rent to them, they provided my name as reference but intentionally gave one of their old cell phone numbers that they knew was out of service. I did eventually speak with the realitor and warned them about this deadbeat pair. They still allowed them to rent from them anyway. A small claims case was filed against them in an attempt to recover some of the damage costs. 

Do not rent to Kathy Trainer in Broward County, Florida

LANDLORDS BEWARE!!! If you do not want to be a victim, do not rent to this woman, Kathy Trainer. She will sign a lease and then turn around and use the Florida Statutes so that she can walk away from lease and not pay her rent. She shelters animals, and uses the pet clause in the lease you provided to say that she may have pets. She will send you notice by certified mail within the required 7 days per Fla. Statutes that she is moving out but not to bother her or visit her for she will call 911 for she feels for her safety of herself and her property , thereby eliminating a need for a “walk through” when she moves out (I can’t wait to see what shape the duplex is in when she finally leaves this weekend with her dogs). She feels “victimized” and that preferential treatment is given to male tenants over her. She has been costly, a bad tenant, and has moved around in Fort Lauderdale and surrounding areas for over a decade, claiming the same treatment of previous landlords ( no references, or false reference ) DO NOT BECOME ANOTHER VICTIM. DO NOT RENT TO KATHY TRAINER OF FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA. If this warning will save one, just one, landlord from this Certifiable Bad Tenant (CBT), then my quest has been a success.

DO NOT RENT TO JILL (MERI-LEIGH) STERN

Do not rent to Jill (Meri-Leigh) Stern currently residing in Novi, MI.  She rented a home from me in Mesa, AZ in 2008. This woman did nothing but complain over frivilous issues and threaten to sue everyone around.  We had to evict her because she was sneaking in dogs and breeding them in our home without permission.  She cost us upwards of $5000 in repairs because she let her dogs use our house as their personal bathroom which caused extensive damage and odor.  She left garbage everywhere also.  What is more important is the fact that she allowed her six year old daughter to live in such disgusting squallor.  Someone should really notify CPS on a mother like this.  Feel free to contact me for more info concerning this tenant.  save the headache, don’t rent to her.