Sacramento Rental Inspections - Still Mismanaged

First hand experience beats everything else. And lately, I have even more respect for the landlords in Sacramento that are holding on to their investment properties through the falling house values, increasing city and county utility bills and the general bad mood out there in the real estate market.

Why the new found respect? Well, I've been reporting the problems I've had communicating with the city of Sacramento regarding the new rental inspection program they have adopted and here's a new one.

I received a letter saying there would be a re-inspection. Now, a reinspection is only issued when there is something in the property not up to code. The landlord is required to fix whatever is not up to code before the reinspection. Great. Except no one told me what is wrong with the house. The last time I called I received no response. This time, someone answered. Thank God, I thought. Except nothing got resolved, because even the woman on the phone couldn't find any record of anything wrong with the property. She assured me she would look for it and mail it to me.

Somehow I doubt that record is ever going to get to me. Somehow I'm sure some more money is going to be wrangled out of my hands for no fault of mine.