What to do if tenants stop paying…

[Ryan Brown]

Good morning,

So in my lease I have it say “The Tenant will be allowed to have visitors for a maximum of 14 days ONLY with consent from the landlord. If the Tenant’s visitors stay outside of the 14 days; Tenant will be charged an additional $70 every 14 days that the Tenant’s guests are staying in the unit.” How do I enforce this clause in my lease?

My tenants have a family member who is temporarily staying with them who are NOT on the lease. I said no problem? Pointed out the clause in my lease and they have been paying it for a little bit. It’s been a few months now and I’m constantly telling my tenants that I didn’t receive payment. Their response is always, “oh I forgot, I’ll pay today”, but they never do.

I’m an extremely reasonable landlord and it’s starting to feel like they’re taking advantage.

 Basically my question is what can I do? What are my options? Please assist because I’m getting really annoyed and this is not right.