{"id":1510,"date":"2022-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisbuyshomesstlseller8.carrot.com\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2025-02-15T15:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:31:51","slug":"help-my-last-tenant-trashed-my-indianapolis-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/blog\/help-my-last-tenant-trashed-my-indianapolis-house\/","title":{"rendered":"“Help! My Last Tenant Trashed My Indianapolis House”"},"content":{"rendered":"If you own a rental property but had a tenant trash it when they leave then make sure you read this article because we\u2019re addressing the all-too-common problem that landlords have when they say, \u201cHelp! My last tenant trashed my Indianapolis house!\u201d<\/em>\n\nDo you own a rental property? Did you have a tenant leave it in less-than-perfect condition? It happens! In fact, it\u2019s an experience that probably every landlord has faced at least once. If you looked at your empty rental property and said, \u201cHelp! My tenant trashed my Indianapolis house<\/strong>\u201d then here are some things you can do about it\u2026\n

Is it worth going after the tenant?<\/strong><\/h3>\nYou need to first assess the damage and decide if it\u2019s worth going after the tenant. Unfortunately, it often isn\u2019t worth the hassle because it may be a time consuming and even expensive effort to get the tenant to pay you back. However, if the damage is significant enough, you may choose to do this.\n

Is it worth repairing the damage?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\"dilapidated-house\"From holes in the walls to missing toilets \u2013 we\u2019ve heard of just about everything you can imagine! Sometimes a bit of drywall and paint will fix the problem, in which case you may want to fix it up and rent it out again, and then just accept the inconvenience as the cost of doing business. However, if the damage is not worth repairing yourself then you might be interested in a couple of other options:\n

You could rent your house to a handyman<\/strong><\/h3>\nOne little-known option that is actually really helpful is to find a handyman who wants to rent the house. In exchange for a discount on rent (or even free rent) they can fix up the house for you to make it a nice rental property again. Make sure you have a timeline all spelled out, though, to avoid then staying too long without a lot of work getting done.\n

You could sell the house<\/strong><\/h3>\nAnother option is to sell the house and move on from owning a frustrating rental property. However, be aware that if you try to sell the house on the open market, you may have to fix it up first in order for the agent to list it. Another option is to sell privately to a house-buying team like ours. (We buy houses in as-is condition and we\u2019ll fix them up ourselves).\n

To get a fair cash offer for your property, no matter what condition it\u2019s in, just get in touch with us and we\u2019ll give you a no-obligation offer and we can even buy your property from you fast. Click here now and fill out the form<\/a> or call our office at (317) 526-4712 and we\u2019ll get back to you right away.<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you own a rental property but had a tenant trash it when they leave then make sure you read this article because we\u2019re addressing the all-too-common problem that landlords have when they say, \u201cHelp! My last tenant trashed my Indianapolis house!\u201d Do you own a rental property? Did you have a tenant leave it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reason-to-sell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18849,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions\/18849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}