Get Rid of Bad Tenants Now!
October 1, 2012
Get Rid of Bad Tenants Now!
Whether it’s no rent or just your standard bad-tenant behavior, if you wait another month, or possibly even two weeks, you may lose your chance until January.
The reason you want to do it now is that evictions, if done properly in most states, will be complete in a month or less. So if you file the eviction now, or give them a 30- day notice to vacate now, your bad tenants will be out before Thanksgiving.
What happens after Thanksgiving? The holiday season. The cluster of holidays in December and January throws a monkey wrench into the legal system. So if you wait to evict until December two or three things happen, none of them good.
• You give the appearance of being the evil, uncaring landlord, kicking people out of their homes in the dead of winter, and, worst of all, right before Christmas.
• Many judges won’t order a tenant out during the holiday season, but will delay the eviction until January. Meanwhile, you’ll get no rent.
• Some courts won’t even hear eviction cases in December.
So serve the notices, send out the letters, file the eviction now, before you miss your chance for this year.
About the Author: Bob Cain
Some 30 years ago Bob Cain went to a no-money-down seminar and got the notion that owning rental property would be just the best idea there is for making money. He bought some. Trouble was, what he learned at the seminar didn’t tell him how to make money on his rental property. He went looking for help in the form of a magazine or newsletter about the business. He couldn't find any.
Always ready to jump at a great idea, he decided he could put his speaking and writing skills to work and perform a valuable service for other investors who needed more information about property management. So Bob ferreted out the secrets, tricks and techniques of property management wherever he found them; then he passed them along to other landlords.
For over 25 years now, Bob has been publishing information, giving speeches, putting on seminars and workshops, and consulting for landlords on how to buy, rent and manage property more effectively.
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