My first Rental, turned into my first eviction :(

[Seth Macomber]

I've heard it a million times, "never rent to family." Being the naive person that I was -- possibly still is -- I didn't listen. 

I rented my condo out to a family member in 2013. By early 2014, I noticed their rent payments were becoming more and more sporadic. This concerned me. By August 2014, I told them it was time they find else where to live. After a heated reaction, they agreed. Fast forward to January 2016, they were still there and somehow amassed an incredible $15,800 of back rent. The only course of action I saw by that point, was to evict. It was the hardest decision that I made that day -- it was probably a Sunday, Sundays are slow days for decision making needs. 

I called my realtor friend to get his thoughts, and I'm not sure if he was trying to be funny or not but he said, "that's why I always tell people never rent to family" -- part of me thinks he wanted to rub a little salt on the wound. 

After months of going back between the lawyer and the courts, I received a Summary of Judgement today, and the tenants in my rental will be removed by law enforcement if they do not voluntarily vacate in 2 weeks.

I'm pretty bummed that it came this far. I am not sure if I have questions for anyone or if I am subconsciously searching for some comfort. 

In any case, I had to let it out.

[Nik S.]

After discovering that the OP had to evict his parents... It started to make me think about my first post, I "assumed" it couldn't have been his parents but a cousin or even brother or sister at worst. Apparently we ALL don't know the situation and who are WE to judge someone for making such a decision. Questioning how the OP can sleep at night is down right wrong. Do we know the family dynamics? Sadly, this day and age parents and kids can have some very "non-traditional" dynamics. Let's switch the scenarios around and suppose the OP is the one who got evicted by his parents....I've heard this happen SEVERAL times...Minh Le David Gold ... Does that make them bad parents?

I think this post carries too much sensitivity & this is a post where validation has to be justified only by the OP. Again, who are we to judge not knowing the scenario/situation of the relationship. Clearly, there are some dynamics we aren't aware of..I'm signing off on this one.

Seth Macomber - don't let anyone tell you that your going to "regret" this for the rest of your life. You'll be fine in your life and this too shall pass.. Obviously your heart has been kind enough and sometimes you have to do what you have to do... You made a decision, you followed through and nothing you can do now except to live & learn. I do hope that both you & your parents come together and put this situation in the past very soon....