Cut and run?

[Savannah Leigh]

OK here's an odd one...at least for me:
Had 2 apartments open up side by side one month. Rehabbed both, both on market same time.

Found 2 tenant prospects SAME DAY. Both single moms, both qualified, they picked each apartment (one front, one back). Rear one works out OK...cash each month.

Front one, she moves in April 1, and I give keys, etc. Moves her stuff in, I give her a couch or 2, good so far. May rolls around, my wife has our baby Savannah...so I do rent pickups but am kinda distracted.

May 18th or so, I realize a few (3) tenants aren't paid up...so I make phone calls. Gentle ones, saying "Just had a baby, might have missed it, but don't have record of...etc.etc." All tenants but her call and clarify ... the checks were waiting for me to pick up (they should mail em but whatever...) in one case I had forgotten that her check was deposited (got it day wife went into labor).

Dead silence from this tenant. Give her several calls and late notices, still in a mess from baby, so I decide to let it go to June 1 (We're normally "Late by 5th, File by 11th" company).

However, the apartment needs "emergency maintenance" - so I enter. EVERYTHING is there. Like she went out to work...right down to kids toys and her "personal recreational" devices.

No clothes, no toothbrushes. Milk expired on April 8. yes, less than a week after she moved in.

Cell phone dead on bed.

I'm spooked at this point. I leave another violation notice, "masking tape" trigger the door so I can see if it is opened, and go visit the magistrate.

June 1, 2, 3, no rent. Leave another "intent to enter" notice, and go in on the 5th. EVERYTHING is exactly where it was last time.

We're scheduled for eviction this Thursday.