Many years ago when I started as a landlord, I was amazed to find that most knowledge around owning investment properties is learned. Very few books really exist on the topic or when they do, they really don’t give you the entire picture of how to manage tenants and the property. Plus, the information out [...]
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 CommentsA process server is a neutral 3rd party that will “serve” your tenant the eviction notice. “Serving” the paperwork is essentially handing the tenant or the tenant’s representative the paperwork. It is a legal term defined “the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; as in ‘he accepted service of the subpoena’ (although [...]
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 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 CommentsThere are many urban legends, rumors, and old wives’ tales surrounding owning investment real estate and evictions. Did you hear the one about the landlord not checking on his house for 3 years; when he finally went over there, the tenants had flooded the basement to grow fish to sell at the fish market? Many [...]
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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