u/Royal-Theme-8335

Tenants turned my property into a complete nightmare. What should I do?

Tenants turned my property into a complete nightmare. What should I do?

TBH I thought the kids drawing on the walls would be the biggest problem. Turns out I was very, very wrong…

A few months ago I rented my house out to a family that honestly seemed great at first. Young couple, two little kids, super polite during the walkthrough, always paid rent on time, never caused any issues. They told me they had just moved to the state and wanted to stay in the area for about a year before deciding if they wanted to settle down there permanently

At the time, my biggest concern was something minor like the kids coloring on the walls or accidentally breaking something small. Annoying stuff, sure, but nothing serious.

I don’t live in that area anymore, so I wasn’t around much. Then one night, around 3 a.m., one of my old neighbors called me saying there were police cars outside my house. Apparently the couple had been having loud fights for a while, loud enough that the whole street could hear them, and this time someone finally called the cops because people were tired of getting woken up in the middle of the night.

From what I was told, during the fight the husband shoved his wife into the kitchen glass door and it completely shattered. The kitchen counters were damaged too, and somehow even the microwave got smashed. When I showed up the next morning, the place looked like a tornado had gone through it.

And honestly, the damage wasn’t even the worst part.

The smell inside the house was unbelievable...

There were dirty diapers everywhere and not just a couple, I mean piled up like they’d been sitting there for weeks. The entire place smelled so bad I almost threw up walking through the front door.

The security deposit won’t cover all the repairs needed. I’m still talking to the insurance company about this case and they don’t sound promising… But I’m for sure planning to go after that fam legally for the damage caused, but mentally I’m exhausted already

Every room in that house feels awful now. It doesn’t even feel like a home anymore. It feels like walking into a crime scene…

Lately I’ve been wondering if I should just sell the place as-is and move on with my life. I’ve looked into those companies that buy damaged houses, saw that ready door homes can do it, because I can’t picture myself fixing it up just to hand it over to another “nice family” again after this experience

u/Royal-Theme-8335 — 2 days ago

What’s the easiest referral bonus you’ve actually completed?

Not talking about the huge “up to $300!!!” offers that require direct deposits, 14 steps, and sacrificing your firstborn.

I mean genuinely easy ones.

Stuff where you signed up, did one small action, and actually got the reward without support tickets or weird delays.

I’ve been trying a few lately and some feel intentionally confusing once it’s payout time.

Curious which ones people here thought were actually worth the effort.

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u/Royal-Theme-8335 — 4 days ago

finally found a use for the small amounts of BTC that just sit there doing nothing

not talking about hundreds of dollars. talking about the $15-40 that accumulates from dust balances, random micro-payments, stuff like that. never enough to feel worth selling, too small to move anywhere useful. been buying gift cards with it lately. just found a platform a few weeks ago. you just pick a brand, and pay in crypto, then the code shows up. thats all you do.

used it for a spotify renewal and some small amazon stuff, it genuinely cleared out some of the clutter in my wallet, and I got something from it instead of just watching it sit. idk why I never thought about this before, probably because everyone in this space talks about BTC like it's only for big moves. small amounts are useful too, apparently.

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u/Royal-Theme-8335 — 7 days ago

Studying abroad changes your relationship with “home”

I think one of the strangest parts of studying abroad is realizing that your idea of home starts becoming less clear over time.

You adapt to a new country, new routines, new people, and eventually that place starts feeling somewhat normal too.

But then when you visit your original home again, things feel slightly different there as well. Not bad — just unfamiliar in small ways you didn’t expect.

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u/Royal-Theme-8335 — 7 days ago

I thought I had normal neighbors… until boundaries stopped existing

I bought my house a little over two years ago, and for the first year everything felt pretty normal. It was a quiet street, decent neighbors, nothing out of the ordinary

The last year, though, has been a completely different story. A new family moved in next door, and since then it’s felt like every boundary just doesn’t exist for them. I know “difficult neighbors” is subjective and what bothers one person might not bother another, but this is on another level for me

They’ll literally walk into my front yard and stand close to the windows, saying they’re “just checking what we bought” or seeing if they should get the same things

At first I tried to be polite about it, but talking to them doesn’t really change anything… it just keeps happening. On top of that, I’ve had plants taken from my yard and moved to their porch because they ‘liked how they looked better there.’ A few young bushes and trees were cut back or damaged because they were ‘blocking sunlight’

No conversation, no asking, just done

The last drop was on a Sunday morning. I woke up early to noise and saw them trying to take down part of the fence between our properties because, in their words, their kids ‘need more space to play’ When I told them it’s my backyard, I was told I’m that heartless and that ‘God didn’t give me kids for a reason’

That one really stuck with me

I’ve already listed the place because I don’t see this improving or them planning to move

I’ve had a few inquiries and even looked into cash for houses pro just to get out quickly. At this point, it’s not even about profit and it’s just about whether staying somewhere like this is worth the stress

Even calling the police doesn’t really seem to solve anything long-term

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u/Royal-Theme-8335 — 9 days ago