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Updated over 16 years ago, 06/10/2008

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Grand Wally
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Louisville, KY
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Break a lease?

Grand Wally
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Louisville, KY
Posted

I have a tenant who is posing a situation to me that makes it kind of easy to accept the idea of breaking a lease. Long story short...her son is a gang member and he is occupying the house sometimes...he is NOT on the lease and she said that if I want to I can call the cops on him. He has already put 2 holes in the wall....

I'm a logical person...and so here are the alternatives as I see them...

a) call the cops on the kid. He will get out and in all probability demolish my home.

b) evict her for letting her son tear the place up. This is not cost effective as I'll have to hire an attorney.

c) let her break the lease, pay me a little $ to get her walk away, change the locks and get a new renter in there.

d) let things continue as is not really knowing if this punk is tearing my place up.

The choice is lease resistance (i.e., the least financially) seems to be choice B.

Any thoughts?

THanks

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