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Re: [Florida] Final bill after claim on security - Landlord Forum thread 345223

Re: [Florida] Final bill after claim on security by AnonymousFL on May 26, 2016 @17:40

                              
If you intend to go to court, you should send a final bill. Give the tenant an opportunity to take care of it. Give them a deadline to pay the amount or to work out a satisfactory payment arrangement with you. If they fail to do so, then go to court.

If you do it this way, you can at least show the court your letter stating that you made an effort to settle it OUTSIDE court.

Also, as Fred commented above, in most cases collecting from past tenants is pretty rare unless they had great credit to start with. If they do contact you, you also have the option to negotiate a settlement for less (which is better than winning in court, sending it to collection, and ultimately getting nothing).
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Re: [Florida] Final bill after claim on security by LLinFL on May 26, 2016 @19:50 [ Reply ]
Thank you. In the final bill I wrote they have 30 days to pay, or 10 days to contact e if they want to work our arrangements.

My main question was, is there a deadline to send the final bill? I sent the notice of intent for security within 30 days.
    Re: [Florida] Final bill after claim on security by AnonymousFL on May 26, 2016 @22:26 [ Reply ]
    I've not seen a limit on the amount of time that can pass before the final charges can be sent, but it is better if the explanation for the delay is reasonable.

    Your comment that it took you a while to get the money together for repairs is sort-of-reasonable. 8 months to repair a unit is a bit much, but at least you can explain it (to the judge if necessary).

    I would not let any more time pass before sending the notification.

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