I have had rental property for 35 years. I check tenants out pretty well but the professional dead beat renters have a way to pass the test. They save up enough money to pay first months rent and deposit then I can't get another penny out of them. State law sucks go to court judge rules in my favor all the tenant has to do is claim he has 3 child support payments from past 3 wifes and payment to 2 past landlords and can not afford to pay me more that $10 a month on the $3000 late rent he owes and the judge rules in his favor. It will take 300 months to pay off $3000 at $10 per month. To avoid making payments dead beats move then I can not collect rent until I track them down and take them to court again. TN state law sucks. Every time I take them to court they move again.
At the moment I have all the rentals fixed with a MAIN circuit box out side. It is the type of circuit box I can pull out the 200 amp FUSE BLOCK and take it with me. NO way in hell can the tenants can get their electricity turned on unless they go buy an identical replacement fuse block to fit that circuit box plus fuses. Dead beats are too stupid to know how to do that. Dead beats rip the lock off the box and try to get electric ON with clothes hangers and pieces of car antennas. If someone can not pay thats is a totally different story I will work with them. I am getting tired of driving to the rental houses with police protection to turn the power off, I need a remote ON/OFF 200 amp 240 volt switch that I can turn ON/OFF with maybe a phone call or text message.
I built a Remote Switch on the work bench with RC model airplane controls I could drive by the house and turn them off. Range is only about 1/2 mile. I need a way I can turn them off from my home 5 miles away, from vacation 1800 miles away, etc. That would be great.
Dead beats will NOT live in a house with NO electricity they all move on their own within 3 days. I don't have to take anyone to court anymore. If I can track them down I tip of their new landlord. I don't care what state law says no one lives in my houses and refuses to pay rent just because they want free rent.
At the moment I have all the rentals fixed with a MAIN circuit box out side. It is the type of circuit box I can pull out the 200 amp FUSE BLOCK and take it with me. NO way in hell can the tenants can get their electricity turned on unless they go buy an identical replacement fuse block to fit that circuit box plus fuses. Dead beats are too stupid to know how to do that. Dead beats rip the lock off the box and try to get electric ON with clothes hangers and pieces of car antennas. If someone can not pay thats is a totally different story I will work with them. I am getting tired of driving to the rental houses with police protection to turn the power off, I need a remote ON/OFF 200 amp 240 volt switch that I can turn ON/OFF with maybe a phone call or text message.
I built a Remote Switch on the work bench with RC model airplane controls I could drive by the house and turn them off. Range is only about 1/2 mile. I need a way I can turn them off from my home 5 miles away, from vacation 1800 miles away, etc. That would be great.
Dead beats will NOT live in a house with NO electricity they all move on their own within 3 days. I don't have to take anyone to court anymore. If I can track them down I tip of their new landlord. I don't care what state law says no one lives in my houses and refuses to pay rent just because they want free rent.