As a property manager in Kissimmee and Saint Cloud, FL, I am responsible to keep the landlord's cost in line. I am also responsible to keep the tenants comfortable and try to retain good tenants for future lease renewal to guard the landlord from vacancy. But where is it written that a tenant has no fiancial responsibility for repairs to problems they have created?
Just this past month I have gotten requests to unstop toilets, unstop kitchen sinks, and reset GFI breakers. 
My response has been clear, read your lease and you will find that these issue's are the tenants responsibilities. Then the tenants want to argue that they shouldn't have to call a repairmen at their expense and I should give better service and just take care of their repairs.
As you can tell, I am now done with charity work. If the issue arises from tenant neglect or misuse, the tenant needs to handle the problem. I am not a superintendent or in house maintenance man. All of my properties are in good repair at the time of the lease signing. If you break it, you bought it.
Maybe I hadn't gone over the lease in detail, or maybe they just forgot. I will spend more time in the future with new tenants.
I am curious how other property managers handle these issues?
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