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Matt N.
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  • Washington, DC
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Tenant not evacuating the apartment after 3 months

Matt N.
  • Investor
  • Washington, DC
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Hi BiggerPockets members, I inherited a section 8 tenant when I bought a house in DC. In October she had filed for an unscheduled Inspection. The apartment failed inspection and I arranged for the repairs to be made but the tenant would not cooperate. She didn’t communicate seriously and did not commit to a timeframe in advance so that I could schedule the repair crew. The time allowed for repairs passed and I don’t know how the inspector made the failing final. This means no rent for the landlord and the tenant has to evacuate. But the tenant hasn’t evacuated and I have lost three months of rent. I want to settle with her with the cash for keys method so I offered her $500 but she said $1,000. Now I have agreed with $1,000 but she says this is not enough and wants to file a lawsuit against me for damage from mildew and water leak! She has already found another place to live but isn’t evacuating my apartment. Some of her stuff are still in the apartment. What do you suggest I do? 1. Throw her stuff on the street and let her go forward with her lawsuit process? 2. Give her $1,000 and have her take her stuff and let her go forward with her lawsuit? 3. Ask her how much she wants and accept it? 4. Do you have any better option?

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