Seattle rent payment (none payment)

[Jenna Lee]

Hi

I had a problem tenant that didn't pay us rent.

We were going to file for an eviction and that made her leave thankfully so we didn't have to formally go through the court etc.

Initially my Property manager told me she would put the none paid rent in collections, but now she is telling me she is not allowed to do that. So she is leaving free and clear with no negative record for non paid rent.

Does anyone have any experience with this? Is there anything I can do to retrieve the rent?

[Michael Haas]

100% agree with @Nathan Gesner as well - it sounds like you have a property manager that is sloppy, inexperienced, or both. Your PM did not appear to vet the tenant well, which here in tenant friendly Seattle is the most important function of property management.

They should be presenting you with your options for resolving this. If they seem able to handle this situation I would wait until it is resolved, then fire them. If they seem unable to handle this situation fire them now and get another PM in there to do damage control and try to make you whole. 

I'll send you a DM with a property manager recommendation in case you decide to fire your current PM. Sounds like a tough situation, I'm sorry and hope that you're able to resolve it!