I went through my 1st Eviction

[Jeff Gates]

I spent $1200 on legal fees, and lost 40 days rent. The rental was not pretty when they left, but I can't say it will cost more than $2000 to bring the rental back to the condition I need. 

The renter left at the end of the lease and never gave me the keys. They sub leased my property (on move out day) to a squatter, "unknown person".

I consider myself lucky. 

What really worries me is this 83 million eviction records. In the eviction database. 

https://evictionlab.org

[Nathan Gesner]

Cash for keys is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard of. You reward the tenant's bad behavior with a cash payment and then let them leave with a clean record so they can sucker the next Landlord. 

Landlords would be better off screening properly, correcting bad behavior quickly and professionally, and then following the eviction process when a bad tenant surfaces.

@Jeff Gates I manage over 300 rentals and my last eviction was 3.5 years ago. According to your attorney, I should be doing 50 a year!