Comments on: Evicting Your Tenant

By: admin

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:01:27 +0000

I would start the eviction immediately. Most likely if you wait until the end of the month, they will still not move and you have lost another 2 weeks. Plus, you are doing the rest of us landlords a service by getting an eviction on their record so we can see they have been problems somewhere else.

You can post the door with 24 hours notice to enter. Tread lightly here as some tenants get upset even though you are following the rules. I would try to schedule the showing at the same time you are doing the maintenance check as the tenant may not let you do it twice.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:45:22 +0000

Greetings and thank you for the following advice.

I’ve a tenant who paid June rent late. Her check then bounced. on July 1 they have paid a percentage of june and has not paid july. july 14 I mailed her a letter stating they need to pay past due or be out by the end of the month. The lease she signed stipulates this as well.

From there she has quit responding to attempts to contact. They’ve locked themselves in the house. and don’t respond when someone attempts to talk to them.

Should I wait till the end of the month to see if they’ve moved out before filing an eviction notice with the county or should I do it asap?
If I post 24 hour notice I would like to enter the property to make sure everything is ok and to do maintenance check. I also have another party that is interested in renting and would like to show the place.

Advice appreciated,

By: Lydia

Lydia — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:58:45 +0000

Thank you so much for the advice… I think we are going to try and brace the lease with the tenant!!!

By: admin

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:29:02 +0000

Unfortunately, there is no way to just evict one person. You will need to evict both and then you are free to sign a new lease with the good tenant. Alternatively, you are going to be out $400 for the eviction, so maybe you just save that money to offset the lost rent, break the lease and sign up the good tenant on a new lease without the eviction.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:26:32 +0000

My husband and I have just recently rented the downstairs of the duplex we own. We haven’t received part of July’s rent and are wanting to file and eviction with Ramsey county. However, there are two people on the lease and one of them has already paid for July but the other has not, and is not communicating with us. Is there a way that we can do an eviction only for the tenant (the one we cannot reach and has moved back to CA to legal end the lease) and do a lease termination with the tenant that has been communicating with us. If there is any possible way to do so we would like to know and spare the complying tenant the eviction record. Any advise would help. Thanksthe

By: admin

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:16:58 +0000

No. You can evict the tenants and Jane Doe and John Doe on the one eviction. Their sublease is subordinate to your lease with them. When your lease ends or is canceled, the lease with the sub-lessee is broken.

I would not wait much longer. I am skeptical they are going to pay. Set a deadline and stick to it. Get the eviction started. If they pay great, if not, you are that much further ahead.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:15:26 +0000

Hello, we have been trying to work with our renters who really have been through hell but owe us over 5,000 in back rent and utilities. For awhile we were getting no communication, no payments and found out that there’s an unnamed sub-letter. This is our first time renting and we didn’t realize we needed the eviction clause for anything except non-payment of rent. Our couple is back together and we’ve been getting better communication from the husband. So far things are civil and we hope to see some payment very soon. They have done some repairs on their own and we believe we’ve come to a fair price for them, But if it does not turn up, we will have to do an eviction. We would need to evict the sub-letter too I assume at a separate cost right?

By: admin

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:14:23 +0000

You would need to file an eviction against them as a hold-over tenant. You can get the tenants as trespassing until the court orders them off the property and the sheriff removes them. Not sure about their guests, but I figure that you can’t trespass them either. Stop down at the police station and ask.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:26:21 +0000

I rent out the basement of my home, my renter was on a month to month lease, and I gave them 60 days notice that I would be terminating the lease. The 60 days are up, and they started to move out, but have not finished, not they won’t vacate. What can I do? If I have to wait for the courts to get an eviction notice, can I put up a no tresspassing sign to pervent any guests comming on to my property? and if they do, can I have them arrested for tresspassing?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:17:13 +0000

You still owe her the rent regardless of the status of the foreclosure of the property. In order to stay you would need to pay the entire $4400. Your only options are to pay, work out a payment plan with the landlord to get caught up, move out or show why you don’t owe this amount (which is difficult). If you do not pay in court and/or you can’t work out a payment plan, the judge could require you to move out in 24 hours (if you have kids they will give you 7 days). If you refuse to leave, then the landlord can have you removed by a sheriff. I would talk to the landlord and see if you can stay till the 30th.