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edenfallingToday I got all the 2020-21 lease end notifications mailed out. Next week, I get to construct and double-check yet another spreadsheet, and then have fun with mail merge to create a bunch of physical move-out instruction sheets and key return envelope labels. That will be just oodles of fun. *headdesk*
In Collegetown, we generally print a key envelope label for each tenant, whether they've renewed or not, just because so many people sublet over the summer and it's easier to have them on hand. I am undecided what to do for downtown, given the presence of non-student tenants, as well as grad students who aren't going to pick up and leave over the summer. On the one hand, it's a waste of envelopes and labels, but on the other hand, sometimes it's helpful to just have a record of all the apartments...
Ah well, that's a problem for Monday and Wednesday.
In other work news, I un-staged a studio whose tenant is moving in this coming week, and used most of the staging materials to dress up a mini-studio in the building next door, which has weirdly remained unrented for the past month and a half despite multiple inquiries. (...Okay, some of the explanation is that it still smells of cigarette smoke even after we repainted, installed new carpet, installed a new bed, ran an ozone machine twice, and left tins of baking soda on the furniture and floor for a week. (The previous tenant blatantly ignored the no-smoking rules in the lease, among many other faults. Do not speak to me about the cigarette burns on the bathroom floor.) But still!)
Tangentially, there has been much discussion on the Landlords' Association of Tompkins County mailing list about Monday's vote on whether to extend the NY state moratorium on evictions for another few months. The majority mailing list opinion is against this, with the feeling that first, if people are in financial trouble, there are rent assistance programs and many landlords are happy to point people toward them. Second, a blanket moratorium means there is no way to evict tenants who are creating a bad living environment for other tenants (trashing common areas, making threats, etc.), which is clearly not good for anyone. Third, there isn't a financial assistance program for small landlords who are having to eat lost rents with no reduction in property taxes and mortgages and whatnot; many are struggling to maintain their property in good condition and some are close to going bankrupt.
We'll see how that pans out.
In Collegetown, we generally print a key envelope label for each tenant, whether they've renewed or not, just because so many people sublet over the summer and it's easier to have them on hand. I am undecided what to do for downtown, given the presence of non-student tenants, as well as grad students who aren't going to pick up and leave over the summer. On the one hand, it's a waste of envelopes and labels, but on the other hand, sometimes it's helpful to just have a record of all the apartments...
Ah well, that's a problem for Monday and Wednesday.
In other work news, I un-staged a studio whose tenant is moving in this coming week, and used most of the staging materials to dress up a mini-studio in the building next door, which has weirdly remained unrented for the past month and a half despite multiple inquiries. (...Okay, some of the explanation is that it still smells of cigarette smoke even after we repainted, installed new carpet, installed a new bed, ran an ozone machine twice, and left tins of baking soda on the furniture and floor for a week. (The previous tenant blatantly ignored the no-smoking rules in the lease, among many other faults. Do not speak to me about the cigarette burns on the bathroom floor.) But still!)
Tangentially, there has been much discussion on the Landlords' Association of Tompkins County mailing list about Monday's vote on whether to extend the NY state moratorium on evictions for another few months. The majority mailing list opinion is against this, with the feeling that first, if people are in financial trouble, there are rent assistance programs and many landlords are happy to point people toward them. Second, a blanket moratorium means there is no way to evict tenants who are creating a bad living environment for other tenants (trashing common areas, making threats, etc.), which is clearly not good for anyone. Third, there isn't a financial assistance program for small landlords who are having to eat lost rents with no reduction in property taxes and mortgages and whatnot; many are struggling to maintain their property in good condition and some are close to going bankrupt.
We'll see how that pans out.
