紧急求救：Las Vegas 投资房被告，请大拿帮忙出主意

我在LasVegas 有一投资房，几个月前因为水管泄漏，房顶掉下来。付了$1000 deductible, 保险公司负责余下赔偿。我当时很不高兴，因为漏水不是一天两天的事。Renter 应及时报告。我的property manager 建议我算了。应为renter 都按时交房租。
一星期后，garage 顶又发现有水迹。property manager and renter agree to monitor it closely. 我们同时找KelTech contract  公司打算把水管全部更换。被告知等到秋季可能有多余资金。(Keltech fault plumbing settlement fund)
三个月前， living room 顶又发现漏水。property manager send a handy man to fix it. He found out he doesn't have the right tool so went out to buy correct size tools. While he's out and the renter's out, suddenly, master bedroom 顶水管爆了。等他们回来， 已经全淹了。
Renter 要求取消合同搬走。我们都同意了。然后开始修房子。
清理公司把家具搬到房外。 renter 要求我们赔偿家具和personal property damage because of water. We didn't agree. Since we have in contract that require renter buy renter's insurance for incident like this and they didn't. Our insurance company doesn't cover as well.
They hired an lawyer to send us a letter ask for money and complain that it's the negligent of the property manager and sent the handyman not a licensed plumber that casued the second ceiling collapse and flood. We ignored and we didn't think they are serious because there's no base since the plumbing that cause the flood is not even the place the handyman is trying to fix.
Now my property manager received their formal court notice and  I read through. This time they lied that they reported the first incident that was ignored so it casued the first  ceiling collapse. And it's the handyman that caused the second flood. And ask for damager plus 精神赔偿 $15000.
I am pretty angry about it. Want to sue them back for not report the first leakage which caused the first incident.
The property manager talked with a lawyer and her idea is that it will go to a jury eventually, who is right or wrong is not important and the jury will biased toward the renter anyway. If they loose, they don't loose anything since they don't pay ahead. If they win, it will be payment and plus their laywer fee which could amount to even higher. So we should settle instead of go ahea.
My property manager is scared now. She ask me to pay $2500 and rest of it will be out of their company's pocket. But I just can accept that by lying, the renter actually scam money out of me.
Don't know if anyone has similar experience and should we sue them back and go ahead with the lawy suit or not. Any advice is appreciated.


 

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• where is your insurace company? -baohulu- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 18:15:09

• 回复：where is your insurace company? -happyrun2014- ♀ (91 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 18:18:46

• How do I prove the loss amount. The insurance company did pay fo -happyrun2014- ♀ (6 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 18:22:01

• let the insurance company handle the lawsuit -hmo- ♂ (94 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 19:18:45

• 你没买地主险？至少没买够。感觉那租户也够委屈的。 -fei_hu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 18:17:14

• 我知道租户有损失，但很气愤他们撒谎来达到目的 -happyrun2014- ♀ (84 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 18:26:36

• 你合同上有沒有說過不負責他們的財產？我租房時，自己買了個保險，萬一發生什麼，損失也夠大的。 -goingplace- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/27/2013 postreply 07:52:33

• 像你这样的问题，就要找plumber，not handyman，房子到处漏水，是个很严肃的问题。 -怀着我的梦想- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 18:24:16

• property manager can't find plumber right away sent a handyman t -happyrun2014- ♀ (159 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 18:29:08

• 凡是漏水的事要跟紧点，不可以为了省钱只用handyman，也不可以只依赖PM，房子毕竟是自己的，PM可能知识有限。 -怀着我的梦想- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 18:48:03

• 对啊，房子到处漏水，一定要换管子了。起码要请执照水管工做。而且要买足保险。 -云中飞燕- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 18:34:24

• 你唯一办法是用保险，还有你的管理公司能否用他们的伞险。 -云中飞燕- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 18:41:20

• 他们公司有买law suit 保险，结果一问，property damage 的law suit 不包，感觉骗人阿 -happyrun2014- ♀ (87 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 18:57:33

• You should still sue the PM company -AppleMom- ♀ (81 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 20:55:49

• 还有修水管前不先关总闸吗？这活干得也太糙了。 -云中飞燕- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 19:06:01

• 对头，你先settle tenant, 然后反过来sue PM -daoxini- ♂ (59 bytes) () 11/27/2013 postreply 02:47:39

• 唉， 看得我都不想做地主了， -xixi2009- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 20:11:25

• 你太负面了，多好的学习机会啊！：） -瞎问瞎说- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 20:49:45

• 请问瞎哥房客没有保险的话，地主该出钱给买吗？ -alpha123- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/28/2013 postreply 04:48:18

• You could do two things: -AppleMom- ♀ (185 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 20:52:31

• 不要义愤填膺地去与房客冲突，你有保险公司，有管理公司及保险，房客也有一些 -房友- ♀ (105 bytes) () 11/26/2013 postreply 22:46:59

• 放心，有保险公司，以后保费可能涨或被取消 -shouzugong- ♂ (417 bytes) () 11/27/2013 postreply 05:14:14

• 是不是有人故意破壞？ -goingplace- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/27/2013 postreply 07:49:37

• 没有经历过，安慰抱抱。我自己买房屋保险， -七妹- ♀ (183 bytes) () 11/27/2013 postreply 08:04:04