Are 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 [...]
0 CommentsWhen 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 [...]
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 CommentsDisclaimer before we begin: I am not an eviction attorney, never have been, never want to be. The below information is simply my ideas and interpretation of the Minnesota statues. As always, you should seek legal counsel for further help. This is a little understood part of the landlord/tenant law. What happens when your tenant [...]
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