Running a Clearwater Property Management Company for the last 19 years has taught me a great deal about frustration.  More specifically, the frustration tenants get when things go wrong.  If you are a landlord, you are the obvious target.

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For example, as a Clearwater Property Manager, I’m representing an owner whose septic tank has collapsed.  The home’s bathrooms and tubs are backed up with sewage.  The home is unlivable, and the septic companies are refusing to give us a quoted price.

So, what do you do?  As a landlord in Florida and I assume most states, you are not responsible for Acts of God.  You are under no legal requirement to put them up in a hotel.

Reasonable manner.

My goal is to behave in a reasonable manner. We gave the tenant $300 for three days at a hotel.  Three days were needed to figure out what was wrong (since it happened on a Friday night), and how long it would take to fix it. We quickly determine this would not be fixed anytime soon, so we got permission from owner to let the tenants out of their lease.

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