 Attempted break in (by Drew [NC]) Jul 2, 2008 2:35 PM
 Attempted break in (by Patti [GA]) Jul 2, 2008 2:39 PM
Attempted break in (by John... [MI]) Jul 2, 2008 2:40 PM
Attempted break in (by Brenda [TX]) Jul 2, 2008 2:47 PM
Attempted break in (by Drew [NC]) Jul 2, 2008 2:58 PM
Attempted break in (by neflow [FL]) Jul 2, 2008 3:03 PM
Attempted break in (by Mike45 [NV]) Jul 2, 2008 3:06 PM
Attempted break in (by Laura [CO]) Jul 2, 2008 4:10 PM
Attempted break in (by John... [MI]) Jul 2, 2008 5:46 PM
Attempted break in (by Lynda [TX]) Jul 3, 2008 7:19 AM
Attempted break in (by Drew [NC]) Posted on: Jul 2, 2008 2:35 PM
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State Specific Question About: NORTH CAROLINA (NC)
I recently had someone try to break into one of my tenant occupied rental homes. They broke the window in the door trying to enter. Who is responsible monetarily and for having the repair work completed in this situation, the landlord or the tenant? --75.183.xx.xxx |
Attempted break in (by Patti [GA]) Posted on: Jul 2, 2008 2:39 PM
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Please repair the door ASAP! It is your house and you should take care of it. --63.148.xxx.xxx |
Attempted break in (by John... [MI]) Posted on: Jul 2, 2008 2:40 PM
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This came up very recently -- try a search for "break in" maybe.
How did you find out about it? Did the tenant just tell you it happened or is there more to it? Was a Police Report done? If so, get a copy of it. If not, why not?
Too many times, "attempted break-ins" really mean "tenant got into a fight and broke a window during the argument" or "tenant forgot their key and broke the window to get in."
If it seems like a legit break-in attempt -- with a police report that seems to confirm that -- by a person that the tenant does not apparently know... Then, yes, I would cover this.
But, if there was no police report because the tenant didn't call them -- or there is more to the story -- then it would be theirs, IMO.
- John...
--207.241.xxx.xx |
Attempted break in (by Brenda [TX]) Posted on: Jul 2, 2008 2:47 PM
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Get it fixed immediately, you don't want your tenant doing work on your house. I agree with John... address where the responsibility falls immediately too, they should have called the police immediately if it was an attempted break in. Doesn't home owners cover that if it's actually a break in?? --167.6.xxx.xx |
Attempted break in (by Drew [NC]) Posted on: Jul 2, 2008 2:58 PM
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Thank you 3 for your input. I did not ask if tenant filed a police report prior to posting, so upon that suggestion I called and they had. If report is legit, I will fix. --75.183.xx.xxx |
Attempted break in (by neflow [FL]) Posted on: Jul 2, 2008 3:03 PM
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You need to get the door fix asap. If you don't, you can open yourself to a lawsuit if some was injured due to broken/unsecured door.
fix the door.
Find out what the real story about the break in second.
--24.250.xxx.xx |
Attempted break in (by Mike45 [NV]) Posted on: Jul 2, 2008 3:06 PM
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if its a third party attempted break in you are on the hook failure to fix it in a timely manner that is simple 101 tort law
talk to a lawyer on liability taking advice from complete strangers will not protect you from civil suit when the tenant sues you because you fail to fix the door and the perp came back again and rob the place blind, which is a standard mo for break ins --71.176.xxx.xx |
Attempted break in (by Laura [CO]) Posted on: Jul 2, 2008 4:10 PM
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Attempted break ins I have encontered were a sign of drugs on the property. I always fix the door asap. --207.200.xxx.xx |
Attempted break in (by John... [MI]) Posted on: Jul 2, 2008 5:46 PM
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Yes, I should have mentioned that in my first reply. Fix it yourself immediately -- everything else is just about determining if you bill your tenants for it or not.
- John...
--72.171.x.xxx |
Attempted break in (by Lynda [TX]) Posted on: Jul 3, 2008 7:19 AM
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My experience is that the vast majority of the time, the tenants know EXACTLY who tried to break in--and it was initiated by something someone in the family did. Fight between husband/wife, BF/GF, husband and brother-in-law, between baby-daddies, and from former friends of the tenants--now enemies! Somebody tried to keep/lock one of the other residents out of the unit; someone stole something and the owner wanted it back, somebody had a run-in with local teenagers and this is payback. Something!
Get the police report and question everyone at length--let them talk and listen to them! Sooner or later it will all come out. Then you bill them--or take it from the SD. The chance that your tenants had a completely randon break-in by a complete stranger is very REMOTE. --140.140.xx.x |
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