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Re: Tenant staying past lease termination and notice - Landlord Forum thread 359166

Re: Tenant staying past lease termination and notice by Garry on March 24, 2019 @17:07

                              
Yes, you can charge rent by the day, up to the day the T moves out (or is forced out thru the eviction process). If you were charging $900/mo, that is $30/day, times how many days they stayed in your unit that they did not pay you rent for. But that is down the road a-ways. You probably can charge them for any costs of filing papers thru the court system, too.

But charging for all kinds of costs are one thing. COLLECTING is another. You will still have to send a sec.dep. statement to them once they are gone. They could easily owe you a LOT more than their deposit covers. Then you will need to decide if it's worth it to go to court again to win a money judgement against them for what they still owe you. Once you do, and you win, then it's up to you to try to collect on that judgement. The court system does not help you with that. It's again up to you to find them, and garnish their savings or checking accounts, or their wages IF the have a job.

For me, it has not been worth it to chase down people after they are gone and take them to court. I take my losses, cleanup and repair my places, and get new Ts again.
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