Re: Send X-Tenants directly to Collections

Re: Send X-Tenants directly to Collections by Rick (Florida) on November 3, 2009 @17:00

I agree with you that some unscrupulous may make a bogus claim. But in the case of a signed lease, a signed inspection report and detailed receipts there is nothing bogus about that. If the x-tenant feels the charges are bogus then they can bring the landlord to court, right?

In regards to a lease agreement on a car most work like this: "May I break my lease early? Yes, you may terminate your lease early, however, you must return the vehicle to the leasing company and you will be responsible for some or all of the remaining lease payments and in many cases a termination fee. You will also be charged for over milage and excess wear and tear on the vehicle." You can be sure if you do not make the remaining payments per the contract then you will be turned over to a collection agency. In this example there is no court proceedings! So my question is why would this not apply to landlord/tenant lease agreements?

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Re: Send X-Tenants directly to Collections by OK-LL on November 3, 2009 @22:17

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If you refuse to make payments under the returned car demand, you would find yourself being sued by the leasing company -- ask me, I used to represent them. You can hire a collector to dun your tenant for rent -- it's called a PM, -- but they have to adhere to the fair credit collections act as a 3rd party collector, and if the tenant doesn't respond, you'll still have to sue. Before you have a judgment in hand, all collectors can do is threaten and cajole -- after judgment, you can garnish and seize.

Maybe Micah can loan you his cousin Guido! by OK-LL on November 3, 2009 @22:19	[ Reply ]