Most landlords do a great job of accumulating contacts in the various aspects of owning investment properties. They have plumbers, mortgage guys, painters, and CPAs to name a few. These are contractors that will use to maintain your properties. While most landlords like to hope that they will never have an eviction, if you own [...]
1 CommentAn eviction notice has different meaning depending upon where you live. In some states, this is the same as an eviction complaint. Often, though this is a non-binding early warning of lease violations or putting the tenant on “notice” that they are doing something that violates the lease. This would include, but is not limited [...]
2 CommentsFor a quick answer….Nope. I get this question often. Usually it is from a landlord that is frustrated because a tenant is always paying their rent late. Lots of landlords wait until the 28th to finally do something about it and then want to file an eviction. Here are some tips to fix the problem [...]
0 CommentsAs much as we as landlords want to get our property back, we probably want our unpaid rent more! A common misconception about an eviction is that this is somehow going to get our back rent or help us get the back rent. Unfortunately, an eviction takes more money out of our pocket and requires [...]
0 CommentsAs I have mentioned in my other posts, my main customer typically gives me evictions around the 16th of the month as they wait until the 6th to send out 10 day notice to quit letters. If they don’t hear from the tenant by this date, then they file the paperwork. I received a message [...]
0 CommentsI had 2 evictions to do in Hennepin County this month. I was acting as an agent for the property management company using a Power of Attorney In Fact that has been signed and notarized by one of the owners of the management company. I simply make copies of that for each eviction that I [...]
0 CommentsA Notice to Quit would be required in a “tenancy-at-will” situation, which means there is no fixed ending date, or the lease has expired and is now month-to month. Minn. Stat. 504B.001 defines tenancy at will: “Tenancy at will means a tenancy in which the tenant holds possession by permission of the landlord but without [...]
3 CommentsOne of the most popular investment property topics is probably eviction of tenants. I wrote a long explanation about Minnesota tenant evictions in October 2007 and I thought I would add a few additional comments. Once the eviction process has started, do not accept any partial payment from the tenant. Doing so can stop the [...]
0 CommentsI recently received an email: Hi Scott, I am looking for a resource for a problem with a current tenant, and I’m hoping you can help. The lease ran out 5/31 and they asked to sign a month-month lease, which has not been returned. They are still in the property and have not paid the [...]
0 CommentsAs I headed into another eviction this last week, the tenant asked me if I would be willing to set up an payment plan for her to pay her past due balance (in exchange for letting her stay). Here are my thoughts: As I have mentioned before, do NOT accept any partial payment between the [...]
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