I 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 CommentsAn 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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Update: This law was changed in 2011 to 28 days. All other details remain [...]
8 CommentsI love this old quote: Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -Albert Einstein. I have been burned at least twice by this little trick that tenants play: Tenant short pays you on the 2nd to last month of the lease or does not pay you on the last [...]
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 [...]
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