My Tenant Messaged Me and Asked for 2 Weeks Extension

[Chan K.]

My BP Landlord Community,

One of my tenants messaged me and told me that she won’t be able to pay her rent on the due date. She will need two weeks extension. She sounded very confident as she had done something like this before.

She told me her husbands lost his job and just found a new one. She said that her car did not have a plate and had cost her an arm/leg for it.

My wife told me to send in the written notice to start the paper trail. I told her that to give the tenant a week – in my stomach I know that when the one week came around I won’t see the money.

I can smell this tenant and I think she is going to be the trouble one with rent due issue.

Ideally, I can start the eviction process immediately with 1 day late in MA, because we don’t have a grace period. She is a TAW with a small baby. I don’t charge her late fee, because MA is not allowed to.

Should I tell her to move on if she is late again next month?

She was late last month too – 5 days

In general, I am a passive and aggressive. I let thing slight here and there, then I bite on it aggressively when it reaches a certain point.

Do you have any thought? Let's here it.