What a renter did to my house...Please share! 

this is fucked up. take whoever did this to you to court for all they're worth

It's that time of the year again, when RU-vid decides I should watch this.

Just a random orange rectangle on the wall 😂😂

How dare you not pat the kitty.

trippiest she got away with it with just being evicted. I had to put 2 grand out of my own pocket to repair my house and I'm sure she's done at the several other people.

Why is RU-vid recommending this to me? I've literally never watched anything like this before

WIPE THE FLEAS OFF... my mans just left em chillin on his leg

DON’T EVER RENT YOUR HOUSE OUT WITHOUT PUTTING IN THE CONTRACT THAT YOU WILL BE INSPECTING THE HOME ONCE PER MONTH!!! I would also add to the lease agreement that the “tenants” will be responsible for any damages made to the home beyond regular wear and tear WHEN THE DAMAGES ARE NOTICED and the money it takes to repair the damage will be taken out of the rent THE NEXT MONTH. This way if they don’t refund you for fixing it, you can kick them out for not paying rent! It’s so sad that homeowners have to put these things in lease contracts but it’s the only thing that will save their butts in the end! If you are a regular person who respects other people’s property, you would not have a problem with these things outlined in the contract! I hope this helps someone in the future... I’ve worked in the real estate business for 21 years and have seen some horrific things done to people’s homes! God bless✝️😇

some idiot just commented and said that this is normal wear and tear. So when renters paint big orange boxes on your walls that is considered normal wear and tear? When did the rip carpet out and replace them at a cost of over $2,000 and that is normal wear and tear? Go eat a cow

Why did this video suddently get hundreds of thousands of views? "Recommended for you" anyone?

I do my own pest control in my rentals. It's in the lease every 1/4, It's a convenient way to get inside to see how my property is being treated. You have to look out for your own stuff. The filth on his property didn't happen overnight

3:01 THATS O LOTTA DAMAGE BUT BY THE POWER OF FLEX TAPE...

Let me guess this was on your recommendation

so basicly everyone on youtube got this video in their recomedations ?

That's part of the business brother, you can tell your rookie when you filmed this. I have 82 properties here in south chicago.

Dude. You're going to have some damage to walls and floors with kids in the house. You might as well face that. People that rent won't take care of of the house the way you did. Face that fact. But if I was you. I would add a yard maintenance fee the next time. And as far as 4 months behind. That is your fault.

places for some reason it went viral I really don't know

HowToBasic rented this house.

What was the outcome of the court case

Ok you're angry and i get it, but you came out of this lucky. I have seen so much worse damage than what you have just shown. I have seen houses so destroyed that the owners had to do a total gut job.

Sounds like what a renter family did to my the trailer home they rented from my parents. My mom showed up the night after they finally left and was horrified to see the walls oozing bugs and rats. The stained mattress were covered in them. How can people live like that?

not sure why this is recommended but for some reason i still watched the whole thing

Why in god’s name would anyone donate to a go fund me for this lol landlords all over the world deal with a hell of a lot worse than this pal. Kiiiiiinda part of the risk you take when renting your house out.

Me: oh geez Also me: *K I T T Y*

Sue her

this is 2 years old why is it showing up in my recommended

Their child propably picked that hole! My 3 year old did that. But I love my landlord and fix everything that breaks in the house. I am painting the door frames again because toys make chips along bottom. (same color as I am not allowed to change the colors.) I repainted the walls that my child coloured on with pen!! Exact same color! I am putting slate tile at the front door as there was ugly brown carpet as read rug in entrance. But I got permission from that. I live in turn of century home and maintain it. And she had no excuse to leave yard that way either! I have serious health issues that make it extremely hard to breath or walk from pain from lupus and I am allergic to the sun. But I MOW my BEAUTIFUL yard!!!!! People are animals. Make all your future tenants get full/extra coverage renters insurance before you rent again. (I don't have renters insurance but I did allow my landlord to see my previous home and ALL banks statement 2 years prior to verify I pay my rent early every month since in country. (I offered because of the typical scummy renters in my city) while ready to move out so he knew what kind of tenant I was. Been here three years and planning more. I'd NEVER be a landlord. UGH too much stress with current ways of society now days.

This is nothing I seen worse ....but sucks to rent to anyone ... this is the reason rent has gone up now 😡🤬

One time when my mother had a renter and told her to move out, the renter put salt fish in every opening and corner of the rooms! Be careful who you ''trust''.

Almost 3 years later....in everyone's recommended.

Beautiful house and location how dare they destroy your property!! I️ hope you get all your money from those horrible renters in damage!!

THIS IS WHY its sooooo hard for ppl with poor credit and previous evictions have THE HARDEST time finding a place to live!!!

Why is this recommended? March 2018, in a world out of no where...

The recommendation squad never fails at humoring me

You should sue her

I hope you took those scumbags to court! I’m blown away by the absolutely disgusting conditions left for you! As for the carpet, (from one landlord to another) I hope you decided to get rid of it and install inexpensive hardwood floors or tile.

Btw, did you ever sue her? If I were in your case, I probably would have sued her.

Why is this bringing recommended NOW - after 2 years of uploading

Originally, my family was gonna rent out our house while the military mixed is to Europe. I'm glad we stayed!

Randomly came across this video you need to check up on your property Alot more often avoid Alot of these problem ex: the yard. And what I've experienced "true damage" broken windows, doors, frames, faucets, huge kicked out holes in walls and god the carpet alone. Be happy they didn't TRULY destroy your home. I bet the carpets with a good vacuum with a good vacuum cleaner they'll come clean. Having to paint and clean is a part of renting a property out... congratulations Mr, there's scuffs, scratches and different color paint...you get the Petty award! Be Happy The Paint Isn't All Over The Floor SMDH!

why is this on my recommendation list? Have any of you had the same question?

saved the house, got her evicted, too hard in GA to collect

Welcome to the landlord world. Good luck we have been there many times and sometimes have to cut the loss clean the house and try to get it back on the market as fast as you can. Depending on the amount they owe and amount of damage it is to the house depends if you want to take them to court.

I have never had bad renters, I'm known for giving the homes to long term renters, and very deserving people. It's a win win thing for me and them.

Not sure why this two year old video was under my recommendations but what that lady did to your house was terrible. I hope you won the case.

That's horrible! My parents had the same devastating problem when they rented their house. The renter caused over $15000 of damage and left without a trace. We were so mad!

The aguare and the lump in his throat , tears at the end , it is heart breaking. Can till he worked for that home.

keep the cat

That's absolutely ridiculous.

why was this in my recommended videos....

Here is some advise: 1. Always get a credit check on tenants. 2. If you are out of the state for any reason hire a property manager that can check up on the house periodically. 3. Have yearly inspections done on the house. Have a professional come and fumigate at least every 2 months.

Thats why you have a property manager. Check batteries in smoke detectors every 3 months. Find her. Take her to court.

3 months in she stopped paying and changed the locks. then manipulated the courts for 4 more months. she has several other names and has done this before. think pacific heights

make her pay her rent, kick her out, then take her to court.

OMG I'm so glad you posted to this video..I'll make sure to never recommend this place to anyone else..I'm so sorry she painted your house that awful color

That is a really nice home, I'm sorry she treated it so poorly. I would have treated such a nice place with respect.

I was not a profession as landlord. just a soldier that got moved to another post.

Anyone who rents knows they've had a renter similar to this one at least once and it's a pain! I'm so sorry and hope you win your case.

Sorry about your loss Sir...your home look like it was beautiful

There needs to be a national database in every country on tenants that do this. Once your on the list, it needs to be available to landlords so that it stops the problem

I wouldnt even want to move back in

I would've been so pissed if they did that to my house .

5.9K people disliked the fact that the tenant destroyed his property...not everyone will like a story...ijs...i hate what the tenant did so I'm not gonna 👍...this is sad for the owner and I wish him luck in getting it back together

The unspoken rule of renting a house: return it to the owner in the same condition you received it. If you want to paint the walls, always ask the owner first. If it's ok to paint, always pick one of the lightest shade of color, so it will be easier to be painted over by the owner or next tenant, not to mention, it'll make your space looks brighter. But I thought lawn maintenance is supposed to be the owner's responsibility, plus any plumbing and electrical issue.

I really don't understand why she painted a random orange box. I feel bad for you dude.

You should have her social security information and drivers licence numbers from the lease agreement. Should be simple to find her and sue for the damages.

Good luck and thank you so much for your service!!!

Barring the mess and damage, it’s a beautiful home.

Did you try using flex seal? Cause THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE

I'm sorry I know the feeling our rental house got trashed too.

Wow! Myself and partner have been in our rented apartment for two years now and before we think about doing anything to the apartment we get in touch with the landlord, if theirs any issues we call him, would never do anything like this! It's crazy!!!

I don't know how you could keep it together so well. I would be mortified. Idk how people live this way either.

The paint isn't too bad I mean you can always paint over it. But the walls, flooring, roaches, cabinets, ect. That's bullshit man that is shitty. And I hope you get a better outcome of this!

Christ man, I hope you sued their asses.

he seems so pissed but trying to hold it together

Check out the link in the description please and let's help the guy out with some financing. He sure needs it bad. Wouldn't hurt anyone rather help an Army Veteran. My best wishes. 🙏

A renter did this to my family. He also turned off our heat in a snowstorm, turned off our air conditioning in summer, turned off our internet and turned off the power. He also had the neighbors rob us

3 years old Why is this in my recommended?

Now I understand why landlords want first and last month rent plus security deposit. It’s so sad. Sometimes you want better for people but you can’t give it to them because they don’t take care of it. Either they don’t know how or they don’t care. I definitely learned that.

This is nothing. I own and rent houses as a side job. The worst house clean up was this guy living life in a down stairs apartment two bedroom one bath. The outside storm window of this six foot by four foot window was shattered. Next the walls and ceiling were a dark egg yoke yellow when they were originally a light cream color. Next he ripped the wooden doors off the cabinets next there was a gaping whole in my wall that you would almost walk through, graffiti on the walls of men genitalia, he also left broken furniture like a dresser, there was also cigar burns in my linoleum and carpet, lastly I found a adult toy in one of the bedrooms. And that is the beginning of the horrors I’ve seen. But I do understand your anger and it is frustrating.

Similar thing happened to my neighbour. Group of adult tourists (young, about 18-22) rented for day and demolished through the night then left really early in the morning before the owner checked everything inside. I believe over 600-1200$ was the damage cost, they even demolished 650$ TV.

I feel for you, bro. Renters caused $18,000 worth of damage to our house. They weren't supposed to have any dogs, instead, they hosted illegal dog fighting there. The fleas were SO bad, they started attacking you ~50 feet away from the house. Waste in every room, some so bad they looked like cow pens. Washing out rooms with garden hose, dogs clawing holes in walls and chewing on trim,... We would take them to court but we can't find them.

I'm very sorry this happened. I cant stand people who think that it is okay to just ruin other peoples things. I hope that she has to pay for repairs and that you can make the house great again

We rented our house for a year, and went to live in London. When we came back, everything was drained in red wine, trash, shit and all. What makes it worse is it was 2 adults and a baby. The adults proffesions were a lawyer and doctor from Poland. Disgusting. Poor kid.

obviously you never read the previous comments. I was never in business. I was just soldier who got displaced to a new location and I was forced to rent my house out and this woman held it up for seven months so it was seven months of no rent and on top of that the damages on a shoestring budget

Did you ever get repaid for the damage done?

My father was a contractor and he also rented out property. I have seen a lot worse and fixed worse in less than 24 hours. When tenats had to be evicted we buckled down hauled ass and had it done in less than 24 hours for someone else to take their spot. These damages are minor. Not trying to be an ass but also consider that im comparing that back to 1998-2008. Now days you got bed bugs to worry about. IF YOUR PROPERTY DOESNT HAVE BED BUGS COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. CDC has classified them as a common house hold pest like ants fleas and such. This keeps bed bugs out of court and allows the govt not have to worry about it. DO NOT RENT UNLESS YOUR GOING PRO. My father had a net over a million and ridicoulous income and still took a hard enough hit to knock him out of the game. It is in the tenants favor. With bed bugs in the mix I couldn't imagine going back into the game. Now I will say this. For 9 months this is a lot of damage. ALOT FOR 9 MONTHS. You might be able to sue her on that fact if your state has laws in your favor. If the stay would have been longer, say 3 years or more, these things would have been considered normal wear in tear in a lot of states. This is why it is not good to rent out your property unless your going to be a pro landlord. You need other places rented out so you can have enough income to take care of these kinds of damages because they happen. They always do. Entropy is our reality and now bed bugs is part of that reality. I remember how many wasted Saturdays doing a turn around in one of my dads duplexes. It would have been impossible if bed bugs were a thing back then. In the next few decades current houses will be considered obsolete. Bed bugs are winning and places are being demo'd because of it. The way we build houses is going to have to change to keep bed bugs out of our homes. Carpet is a thing of the past and is no longer reasonable to use. Sorry carpet industry but you guys are toast unless the fight against bed bugs changes. There are all these new new look I killed some bed bugs with my new shit but its all shit. We are loosing as a species. our habits have to change and our life styles. I live in a place with hardwood floors now and will only move for tile. If you haven't ran into bed bugs yet get ready. It is going to happen. Sorry. Universities predict by 2030 everyone will have had contact at least once. STAY OUT OF THE HOUSING MARKET AND THE RENTAL PROPERTY MARKET. If you or a loved one have taken a hit from bed bugs dont panic. Just man up. Do your sheets and laundry everyday. Take a shower before and after bed. flip flops in the home. Keep shoes outside or somewhere safe sealed off from where you sleep. Shave your head if your a man. Ladies keep yourselves clean. Hot showers as hot as you can stand. Dont give bugs places to hide. If you starve them they will migrate and leave. Uncle sam is not coming with ddt to save us this time. For those of you that have out of control infestations my heart goes out to you but if you dont catch it early seek pro help. No pest control offers 100 percent but they can bring it down to a level where you can manage. LET GO OF ALL THE CRAP YOU DONT NEED. LIFE WITH OUT GETTING BIT IS POSSIBLE. LIFE WITH OUT BED BUGS IS POSSIBLE. THIS IS JUDGEMENT BEING PASSED ON THE USA. PRAY. I'm sorry for what this guy is going through but rental property is a bigger gamble than putting everything you own on a game at the casino. I watched my dad go from the heights of wealth to living in a camper. He just got out of that camper last week into a hardwood floor home that needs about a months worth of work. Basement is nightmare mode. No 24 hour fix there. I hope you can save your house with out loosing it. Read up on techniques. I wouldn't pay a contractor for anything but electrical. (even then I would still do it myself and by the code if I could get away with not paying for the license. electric is actually the easiest but the most illegal unlicensed.)

Omgg, I feel for you brother. I believe I'm going through the same as my renter live upstairs and they feel their duty to bang the new wood floor with God knows what. I just pray and hope the apartment I gave them is in similar condition as I gave them.

What horrible monsters!! The house has such nice structure, poor home owner!

What makes them think let's re paint the fucking walls

When u let someone rent a house they are paying to live there, so the person living there can do what ever they want, excluding the rules on the contract, example: don't paint the walls, like he said

Trust me, I’ve seen much worse! We had a tenant who had left dog sh*t all over the carpets, as well as cat litter, piled up in the utility room, there was mound growing in almost every room, and 3 windows were broken, it was a mess, and the total cost to rectify it was £15000 and the total income from that rental was less than £5000, which was the first 3 months, and didn’t pay for the next year

File a lawsuit. It's obviously criminal damage.

Why is this video blowing up? it was made 2 years ago!!

I had a tenant steal furniture from my house when she moved out, had a set of duplicate keys cut and tried to get back inside in the middle of the night a couple of days later (the neighbour hear it and told me). Fortunately I had changed the locks. What a weird person.

I don’t understand why people do shit like this and can’t respect someone’s property

This is a gorgeous house and I'm in love with the wooden flooring. I don't understand how anyone can do this to such a lovely living space! If I was renting the property I would do anything to make sure it was well looked after.

Our vets deserve better bro. You go to court, be professional, and win! 👍

Had the same experience. It’s people like this that ruin it for other renters and make rent prices go up. I worked for 4 months straight to fix everything. That was 4 months of me living there, away from my family, it put me in a horrible depression. We never let that happen again.

Damn, some people have no freaking respect. Sorry, man.