Re: Bad Tenant- Mold Issue- Breaking the Lease - Landlord Forum thread 342776

Re: Bad Tenant- Mold Issue- Breaking the Lease by Garry (Iowa) on February 4, 2016 @16:56

First, you both need to stop all forms of communication with the T until your court date. The more you communicate with her, the more likely you are to say something that may be used against you in court. You did not say, so is the rent up to date, and are you filing for eviction based on non payment of rent, or filing against her for holding over into January ? If you wanted her out so badly, why did you not let her go M2M, so you only needed to give her a 30 day notice to move? Sure, you can jump the rent way up. But if she decides to pay it, you're stuck with her. Yes, you would have more rental income from her, but usually the costs to repair damages far exceed any extra rent you get from the T. You should call the health dept. yourself, tomorrow, and find out what they discovered at your property last week. If they found anything, find out from them what you can do about it, and fix it immediately. And your Ts will need to bring a letter from their Dr. stating EXACTLY what caused Lexi's health problems. If Lexi is a student, it's just as likely that she could have caught something at school, as that the mold caused it. Also , take the Facebook page you quoted us, to the judge. Her last words were----"I wish I had the money to just leave now" That says she is probably out of money to even pay your rent. Yet, if the mold really IS causing health problems for her family, she has the obligation as a parent, to protect her child, and she should move out asap, even it's to a homeless shelter.If she does, she would owe you no rent from the time she moved out, till she moved back in again, after the mold problems were fixed. For now, stop communications, unless its to fix the mold problems, and wait for your court date.

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Re: Bad Tenant- Mold Issue- Breaking the Lease by Anonymous on February 4, 2016 @17:35	[ Reply ]

Gee whizz! Don't you know what a paragraph is?