So with August 1st fast approaching it is tenant turnover time. I am curious if other landlords have hit the jackpot on good used property that tenants abandon at move out. I just had another tenant abandon a perfectly good push mower! Many times it’s all the junk that gets left behind but sometimes there are some nice gems mixed in the junk pile. What has been your most valuable find? --50.82.x.xx

A hamster in the fridge that bit me and I had to get a tetanus shot. --73.178.xxx.xx

Even when sheriff comes for set out-- I don't allow employees to take a thing. People ride by during a set out and ask-- can I take this stuff-- i never answer them. Yes we've even had neighbors come over asking..... --99.103.xxx.xxx

Hey, not my problem. --50.107.xxx.xx

Usually nothing, though, and the last time anyone left anything good, we tossed it anyway as we didn't need more wine glasses and such. --50.82.xxx.xx

The most unusual item left behind by one of my tenants was a complete human skeleton. He was an artist who used it in the drawing classes he taught. Supposedly he got it thru a friend in the medical supply business. --71.174.xx.xx

Someone left a $200 air compressor. I let it sit in the storage area of the basement for a year in case they came back, but they never did. I now use it. --99.92.xxx.xxx

I do not bring anything home at all,i don't want to bring home roaches,bed bugs etc but also when I am sitting at home I don't want to be reminded about the stuff in my house that came from a rental somewhere. --72.231.xxx.xxx

Generally tenants leave behind brooms, mops, buckets and cleaning supplies. I use the shower curtains for drop cloths. Hammers, ext cords and small tools. Like Ken I'd rather not take anything into my place and be reminded of them. Not worried about roaches, just not integrating tenants stuff into my home. --24.194.xx.xx

These are some interesting responses. Ally, The hamster 9 in the fridge is crazy! --50.82.x.xx

I had a tenant who totally abandoned everything - I mean everything in his apartment. He left behind a full size foosball table that I sold to a local church. He had some wild parties there so there was still a pair of pants with a wallet (id and all) left behind. I still have the box containing his collection of baseball cards, football cards and basketball cards. Hoping they will be worth something someday. Best card is the rookie Tom Brady! --32.211.xxx.xxx

Good catch Jen Z! Often we are left with a mess to clean up so it’s always a WIn when valuable items are abandoned! --174.221.xxx.xxx

We had tenant that left 2 chest freezers in a 1 bedroom apartment? Who knows, maybe the Tenant is coming back for them when the 5 - 10 sentence is up. --67.165.xx.xx

rentON, Hopefully those freezers were in good condition! Our tenants had a jippy joe chest freezer in the garage that blew up and leaked compressor oil all over the floor. They did get rid of the freezer before moving out but didn’t bother cleaning up that oily residue. --50.82.x.xx