Day-to-day tenant relations during eviction.

[Rick Pinney]

Salutations!!! I am currently evicting inherited tenants because it helped me get a great deal. I am expecting the worst as far as damages since they already threatened it and threatened my life with a weapon. What is the best way to go about keeping these people from destroying my unit until they are evicted? I am in Chicago notorious for being tenant friendly or so my lawyer would like to believe. Should I do inspections after giving proper notice? How often is too often in your opinion? Is it better just to wait it out and leave them alone? If I do find anything broken or purposely destroyed can I have it billed to the tenants? Thank you and the reason I ask is when I look online nothing comes up on the best way to proceed during the eviction procedures, I will also be consulting my lawyer about this.

[Deanna McCormick]

Frankly if someone had threatened me personally I would have called police, I would have sat in my car until officer came and took report, 

I had tenant threaten he'd burn the place down.. I called Fire chief and he came out and made report. 

Helped in eviction action. 

So are you non-renewing,,with notice to vacate.. so if they don't leave then you'd have cause for eviction.. 

Either way I'd say you could try to tell them that when they leave if unit is empty, broom clean you'll give them cash like $300.00 bucks the day they give you the keys.. otherwise it's a wait and see.