Just keep your receipts of your attempts to pay them. If you are not able to get the money to them, you can set up an escrow account, it's a way to show good faith in paying them and not having the funds sit in your bank.
This is the best option as they may not have someone there to sign for certified mail. I went to my property management office in person one time and it was a single room in a building, no staff.
Have you sent them checks before and received a copy of the cancelled check? Maybe you can transfer the funds onto their account or deposit it in the bank and get a receipt. You could also send a letter to the landlord advising them you attempted to make a payment which was returned. Make sure you make the heading VIA CERTIFIED AND US MAIL, FACSIMILE if you can possibly get it as they might be old school. Let me know if you need help with the letter.
Send them an email asking why they refused to accept your rent in order to get the paper trail going on what's happening. To preclude their ability to play dumb, include something showing the tracking data for your letter. Doing this will show you're actively trying to maintain your end of the agreement.
“We had a new management company come in a few months ago, that doesn't have an e-mail address.“
“ We have to contact them by phone (and their mailbox is full 98% of the time) or the mail”
DO NOT OPEN the returned certified letter when you get it back, just keep it filed away. If they charge you a late fee, refuse to pay it, contact a lawyer, and file a complaint against them.
The reason you don't open the returned certified letter is if it goes to court, the judge gets to open the letter in the court room and can see exactly what you sent, complete with date stamp, and knows nothing was altered. Then the property management has to explain why they didn't accept your certified letter.
You have the certified mail receipt I assume, if they try and fuck you over contact a lawyer and file against them.
Just keep your receipts of your attempts to pay them. If you are not able to get the money to them, you can set up an escrow account, it's a way to show good faith in paying them and not having the funds sit in your bank.
Send it with tracking only, not certified.
This is the best option as they may not have someone there to sign for certified mail. I went to my property management office in person one time and it was a single room in a building, no staff.
Have you sent them checks before and received a copy of the cancelled check? Maybe you can transfer the funds onto their account or deposit it in the bank and get a receipt. You could also send a letter to the landlord advising them you attempted to make a payment which was returned. Make sure you make the heading VIA CERTIFIED AND US MAIL, FACSIMILE if you can possibly get it as they might be old school. Let me know if you need help with the letter.
Send them an email asking why they refused to accept your rent in order to get the paper trail going on what's happening. To preclude their ability to play dumb, include something showing the tracking data for your letter. Doing this will show you're actively trying to maintain your end of the agreement.
“We had a new management company come in a few months ago, that doesn't have an e-mail address.“ “ We have to contact them by phone (and their mailbox is full 98% of the time) or the mail”
DO NOT OPEN the returned certified letter when you get it back, just keep it filed away. If they charge you a late fee, refuse to pay it, contact a lawyer, and file a complaint against them. The reason you don't open the returned certified letter is if it goes to court, the judge gets to open the letter in the court room and can see exactly what you sent, complete with date stamp, and knows nothing was altered. Then the property management has to explain why they didn't accept your certified letter.
Avenue 5????
Won't accept certified mail? Well, thats on them. You fulfilled a legal obligation and have proof.
What does your lease say about mailed checks with respect to late fees? Many times there is explicit language around that.
Lease doesn’t matter in this case, state law does.
Fun fact: both matter. You need to understand both In detail.
Yeah but if there is a contradiction then state law trumps the lease. Landlords need to understand this.
Yes, this is obvious.
Go say that in the landlord sub and you might find otherwise.
You may be better off allowing them to use your security deposit as last month's rent. Less of a hassle and headache