Tenant Gives 2 Day Notice Cites Cancer

[Colton W.]

I recently had a tenant that decided they want to break their lease and move to another city for treatment. It is kind of a coincidence because the deadline for renewing their lease was July 31st, 2017. The current lease ends on September 30th, 2017.  It is July 27th and they just told me today that they will not be renewing their lease and that they will moving out on July 31st. How do I move forward with this lease break? Do I stick to the rules and bill the tenant? Or should I suck it up and take the financial hit? 

[Patsy Waldron]

.... Or you could do the humane thing and let the tenant move to get treatment, even though they are leaving (one whole month!) early.  

Ask yourself what you would rather see when you look in the mirror: a person who collected "their money" at any cost, or someone who wished a cancer patient well as they embarked on the always hard, usually uncertain journey of starting cancer treatment.

I know which choice would allow me to look myself in the mirror and still respect myself.