I agree, that in order to do everything properly and have the chance to save yourself, it would be a good idea to have an attorney. If things are done properly, it will be difficult to recover anything. I paid a Lawyer over $400 to legally evict someone that wasn't paying their last month's rent when I did not renew their month-to-month tenancy. Believe me, having a judgment properly filed makes things easy. My previous tenant paid up on the rent and late fees due, but skipped out on the lawyer fees that she agreed would be paid within 30 days. Well, 3 months later, last week actually, I went to the County Clerk and filed an Execution Against Income and paid the County Sheriff to implement it. Gotta love it, the whole process downtown took me 30 minutes. Since she's a real estate agent, she really can't hide from me, woohoo.
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