Tenants that push the grace period every month

[Jennifer Clancy]

I have tenants that pay the last day of the grace period after normal business hours around 8pm.  What should I do?  I'm pretty fed up with this particular set of tenants not only are they personally inconsiderate showing up to my house at night to deliver rent right before they get a late fee, they are loud, have an unruly toddler, complain or make requests each time I see them, and they seem to break something every other month...  I'm unsure of how to proceed, how do I tell them to deliver rent at a reasonable time?

[Randy E.]

Get used to it.  If you offer a grace period, some tenants will use it.  If you don't like payments after the first of the month, change your leases going forward to say that all rent is due on the first of the month and the late fee is assessed as of the 2nd of the month.

If you have signed a long-term lease that allows for a grace period, you'll have to live with it until it expires.