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John Sanderson
  • Investor
  • New Cumberland, PA
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Giving Notice to Tenant

John Sanderson
  • Investor
  • New Cumberland, PA
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I inherited a bad tenant with a multi-unit I recently purchased. The first month, October, he paid by the 18th. I tried to work with him for November rent, saying he could make 2 payments as long as the rent was paid in full by November 5th. Seeing as it's the 4th and I haven't seen a penny from him, I'm going to assume his entire rent check won't be in my mailbox tomorrow morning.

This tenant is currently on a month to month lease with 60 day notice terminate. Since his lease began on the 1st of the month, am I correct in assuming that even if I give notice now, the earliest I can have him out is January 31, 2017?

Since I'm assuming that's the case, I'm planning on waiting until the end of the month and giving him notice before December 1st in the hopes I can work with him to collect rent for November, because based on the way things are going, I'm highly doubtful I'm going to see rent checks for December and January.

So, my main question is, if it gets to January 31, and he's still in possession of the unit, do I have to file for eviction or can I go straight to the police to enforce this?

Any insights or advice on this would be extremely helpful, thank you.

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