where to send Itemized list of damages?

[Jimmy S.]

Hello again 

One of my tenants moved out and really did alot of damage and was wondering where I should sent the certified letter of the itemized damages since they will not give me there current/new address. Should I just send it to the property address even though they are not there? 

Thanks
Nate

[Michele Fischer]

Nate, this happens to us all the time, even with our better tenants.  Send it to the property address with a note "PLEASE FORWARD".  We don't send ours certified (not required by our tenant landlord law), so we often find them in the mailbox later; we just file the postmarked unopened letters with our other documentation.  If they owe you money, turn them into collections; the collection agency has better tools to track them down.  If you are including a check to them, it will eventually go stale if they don't turn up.  Our rental agreement says "Refund checks void if not cashed or deposited within 90 days."