Tenant Moved Out without Notice

[Andrew Yu]

Have a tenant late on one month rent plus some other fees, totaling about $1103.40. The other day I was going there to give them notice to vacate, caught them moving things into their u-haul, they said they were going to pay me on what's owed. Now it's been 2 days, I just texted and called them. It seems my number is blocked. They moved to a different town within same county. How can I get my money back? Don't know any damage done to the house yet either... Will go check it out later today.

[Jon Holdman]

Did they hand over the keys?  That's typically the point where they're giving possession back to you.

You can take them to court, but if you win you will get a judgment not cash.  You still have to collect.  Difficult to do with bad tenants.  Get in there, clean it up and fix it up and get it re-rented.