Re: Tenant moving out, not paying last months rent

Re: Tenant moving out, not paying last months rent by James Bond (Texas) on October 20, 2010 @08:58

Great advice from others.

I would change the locks and claim abandonment. As previous post suggested, take pictures. In addition, I would take the pictures with today's newspaper showing to prove the date (Be sure to save that newspaper).

This is what I would do. It may or may not comply with your State's laws. In reality, the tenant will likely fade away if he owes money.

Be sure to place any balance on his credit report. The car finance people will really ding him on the interest rate of any new loan.

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Re: Tenant moving out, not paying last months rent by shaun (FL) on October 20, 2010 @11:05	[ Reply ]

James a question. Do you need a judgment from small claims court to put a balance on someone's credit report?

Re: Tenant moving out, not paying last months rent by OK-LL on October 20, 2010 @12:26	[ Reply ]

Yes -- typically LLs don't have access to report bad debtors to the credit reporting bureaus, but if you get a judgment and it is properly filed in the court records and in the county records (in our case, it's the land records office), then the judgment will be pulled for inclusion by the credit bureau.

Re: Tenant moving out, not paying last months rent by James Bond (Texas) on October 20, 2010 @14:42	[ Reply ]

There are numerous online collection agencies that will place the information in their credit file as a collection item. There are flat rate companies who do this and the fee is small. About $25 or less. I have done it.

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