So what do you do when a tenant calls and says “I am moving out” and it is in the middle of the lease? Maybe they can’t afford the place any more, maybe the couple is breaking up, maybe the roommates are splitting up. Hopefully they give you some notice, but often it is very [...]
0 CommentsIt is that time of the month. You total up which tenants have paid you in full and then send out the eviction letters to the ones that have not. Depending upon the state, a tenant eviction letter, can be a formal or informal piece of paper. Some states require it as part of process [...]
0 CommentsI am sure you are saying to yourself that owing rental properties would be a piece of cake if it wasn’t for the tenants! They make the job of being a landlord a challenge. When you have good tenants, it seems easy, when you have bad ones, you hate your properties and question why you [...]
1 CommentI was in court today for an eviction. Needless to say, it was an ugly one. The tenant was very nice and in fact, I had met him 9 months prior when we evicted his roommate. Unfortunately, the landlord had backed everyone into a corner by making several overlapping verbal agreements. At court, we had [...]
2 CommentsI could probably write a novel on this topic! No, I am not going to write about the hundreds of experiences I have had. This is not World’s Worst Tenants! Bad tenants are difficult, but not impossible to avoid. Getting one will make you question why you ever got into the investment property business. They [...]
0 CommentsAre you preparing for your first eviction? Maybe that “always late” tenant finally stopped paying and won’t return your calls. Alternatively, maybe your tenant is violating the lease despite sending them some eviction letters to try and get them to clean up their behavior. Don’t stress out, all landlords go through this. All of us [...]
0 CommentsYou have been watching your neighbors, friends, and family capitalizing on all the foreclosures and fantastic deals in the real estate market right now. Maybe you have been thinking about buying a fixer upper to flip or a duplex to rent for some time. Have you bought all the infomercial programs and read all the [...]
1 CommentWhen you have a tenant that is not paying you rent or is breaking a part of the lease, as a landlord, all you can think about is “how fast can I get this tenant out of my property”. I have had several questions lately around if this situation allows me to ask for an [...]
0 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 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 [...]
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