Termites

[Jc0187]

Apparently the house is owned by a corporation that is also my property manager company too. Huh

 

[Zigner]

Apparently the house is owned by a corporation that is also my property manager company too. Huh

I'm not sure why that's confusing. If a single person owned the property, she'd be your LL and property manager, as well as the property owner...

 

[Jc0187]

I was just always thinking that the owner was different than the property manager. I was hoping I could contact the owner to let them know how the property manager wasn't keeping up the property. There are several other issues that the PM hasn't addressed yet. Repairs and what not.

 

[STEPHAN]

That only makes it easier for you. One party less to deal with.

 

[Jc0187]

I don't know. In my last rental house, the Property manager never completed repairs of the house in a timely manner and I found the owner and notified them. The owner then jumped on the PM company and repairs miraculously happened soon after.

 

[FarmerJ]

back in the 1980s I worked for a property management firm that was owned by two brothers and the one brothers girlfriend , they were incorporated and did some foreclosure management and also owned I think 9 or 10 units ( a combination of single fam homes and multi units ) as well as them having a few regular property management clients. SO it is not unheard of that a property management firm would have some of its own units , it sort of makes sense in a way when you think about it.

 

[Silverplum]

As soon as I found out that the garage had termites I notified my property manager via email plus supplied pictures of the termite area. In the email I asked if they intended to send someone out. That was over 12 hours ago and haven't received a response to this.

Patience is a Virtue.

Losing your patience after 12 hours of sending an email? Really?

Termites don't hurt humans. It's not a reason to freak out. If you plan on living in AZ, I suggest you get to know the local bugs. They're part of your life now. Check your shoes for scorpions.

http://www.orkin.com/termites/

 

[adjusterjack]

I was just always thinking that the owner was different than the property manager. I was hoping I could contact the owner to let them know how the property manager wasn't keeping up the property. There are several other issues that the PM hasn't addressed yet. Repairs and what not.

It's possible that the property management office is staffed by employees of the corporation and you still have to find out the name of the President and send mail directly to him on the chance that he doesn't pay much attention to the day to day operation of the management company.

If you know the name of the corporation or company, go to the AZ Corporation Commission website and run a search under the business name. This search link will also bring up LLCs:

http://ecorp.azcc.gov/Search

 

[Jc0187]

I am not "freaked out" by the termites, I'm freaked out by being put in a position of possibly having to pay for treating these termites. I didn't cause these termites to come into the garage and call it dinner, and yet I may be held responsible for treating them. I simply do not have the funds to spend an extra $1000 to treat the infestation.

 

[Jc0187]

It's possible that the property management office is staffed by employees of the corporation and you still have to find out the name of the President and send mail directly to him on the chance that he doesn't pay much attention to the day to day operation of the management company.

If you know the name of the corporation or company, go to the AZ Corporation Commission website and run a search under the business name. This search link will also bring up LLCs:

http://ecorp.azcc.gov/Search

Ok great. I'll try that next. Thank you.

 

[FarmerJ]

In court I doubt it would matter if you sent notice to a company president or not what matters more is that you sent a notice about it and if you sent it to the owner of record= the property tax payer mailing address its pretty doubtful a court would say that the notice didn't count. and again if you sent notice out with a method that gives you a receipt you have a paper trail And since you are not the professional landlord in this situation even if they did try to not pick up mail sent to them do you think they would get away with it in court claiming `we never picked it up` LOL there is no excuse for them being in the landlord business to not pick up mail and the courts know this. Honestly I doubt a court would make you pay for termite treatment BUT what you can do is still notify them and then use the links above to locate a real estate atty who practices in your state who can give you much better advice as to the odds of a landlord getting away with making tenants pay for termite treatment.

 

[Jc0187]

In court I doubt it would matter if you sent notice to a company president or not what matters more is that you sent a notice about it and if you sent it to the owner of record= the property tax payer mailing address its pretty doubtful a court would say that the notice didn't count. and again if you sent notice out with a method that gives you a receipt you have a paper trail And since you are not the professional landlord in this situation even if they did try to not pick up mail sent to them do you think they would get away with it in court claiming `we never picked it up` LOL there is no excuse for them being in the landlord business to not pick up mail and the courts know this. Honestly I doubt a court would make you pay for termite treatment BUT what you can do is still notify them and then use the links above to locate a real estate atty who practices in your state who can give you much better advice as to the odds of a landlord getting away with making tenants pay for termite treatment.

Tomorrow I have an appointment with the City Housing tenant/landlord counseling to go over what I am responsible for and what the landlord is. I'll reply back after I get answers to my question. Thanks again for all the advice.