Re: Very late but on the way out - Landlord Forum thread 356873

Re: Very late but on the way out by Garry (Iowa) on April 17, 2018 @10:20

I "work" with my tenants, too. But only for about 2 weeks, til their next paycheck comes in. If I don't get money then, I start eviction procedures. You have REALLY messed up. In the 45 days, they should have had 3 paychecks that they could have given you. They haven't. And you haven't started any eviction procedures. They don't communicate with you, and they don't pay rent. So where is their incentive to pay you ANYTHING, ever again? Right now, they are saving up YOUR RENT, to pay for their move to NY. And that's if they even MOVE. Plans change.

You mentioned a worst case scenario. Well, here's a WORSE one. If you do nothing to start to evict them NOW, what happens when they don't pay you Mays rent, they don't move out on May 31,(because THEIR plans fell thru), and you apparently have new tenants moving in on June 1 ? You are now out 3 months rent, the current Ts are still there, not paying you June's rent, and you have a lease with a new T , that YOU defaulted on, because you can't give them possession on June 1, because the current Ts are still there. You then have to try to evict the current Ts,(which will probably take at least 30 days, putting you into July) while also fighting a lawsuit against you, brought by your "new" tenant, because they had a lease with you, that you defaulted on. You DEFINITELY need to start paperwork TODAY on evicting your current Ts.

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Re: Very late but on the way out by Anonymous on April 17, 2018 @11:36	[ Reply ]

That would be a worse case scenario for sure but there is a very high probability they are leaving since his job is moving.

Re: Very late but on the way out by Garry (Iowa) on April 17, 2018 @13:38	[ Reply ]

Then your story does not make sense. You said they wanted to give you 15 days notice back in March, but you refused to accept it. If they had a job waiting for them back then, they would have had to move then, by the end of 15 days, no matter what you said about the rent. That "job" they have, is not going to wait for them to give you a 60 day notice. You said they have stopped communicating with you. Did they give you ANY notice, in WRITING, at ANY time, that they will be out by May 31? If not, you're in a world of hurt right now----no rent for March, April, and probably none for May. And only their "word" they will be gone by May 31. Remember that lease they signed way-back-when ? They signed their names agreeing to pay rent. How good is their "word" NOW ?