Rental Appliance Repairs: Who's Responsible For What?

Send us Fan MailRental appliance repairs are one of those things you never decide until you are forced to. The refrigerator quits on a Friday night. The dishwasher waters the floor instead of the dishes. The washer starts walking across the laundry room like it owes somebody money. And so you ask yourself, how do I handle this?That was me with our first rental. When that fridge died I had no idea whether it was our problem or the tenant's, and no idea what our lease said either.Here is what I wish somebody had told me sooner. You have more than one option. Landlords can handle appliances about five different ways, and most of us never look at four of them.So I walk through the three tiers of appliances and the one rule that hangs over them. Kevin touches the legal side lightly, then covers tenant-provided appliances, including the clause almost nobody writes down and the one that gets expensive when its past closing time. I cover wear and tear versus misuse and how we word our own lease exceptions. Then Kevin lays out all five options, honestly, including how each one fails.Hit play. You will walk away knowing which of the five you are actually running, instead of finding out the next time something breaks.What You'll Learn in This Episode·         The three tiers of rental appliances, and which tier you actually control·         The one rule that decides almost every appliance repair question·         Why a lease that says nothing about appliances never works in your favor·         The four things to put in writing before a tenant's appliance arrives·         The tenant-supplied clause that turns a repair into a water damage claim·         How to prove misuse instead of just deciding it was their fault·         The exceptions we spell out in our own lease, word for word·         All five ways landlords handle appliance repairs, and how each one failsEpisodes & Resources MentionedEpisode 128: AI Is Your New Business PartnerEpisode 131: Landlord vs Tenant Maintenance ResponsibilitiesEpisode 137: Emergency Maintenance vs Routine RepairsCPSC Recall List: Check your appliances for active recallsEZ Landlord Forms: State-specific lease addendums and noticesTurboTenant: Landlord software for newer landlordsDoorLoop: Landlord software for larger portfoliosConnect with Us: 🌎 Visit our website 📧 Subscribe to our newsletter.👆 FREE Landlord Forms and Doc’s🤳Text Us: 650-489-4447📩Email us at: [email protected], [email protected] ➡️ Give us a review: Apple or on Spotify or YouTube ✔️Course Waitlist📱 Instagram, Facebook, &  Private Facebook group