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What can I do legally?
I recently purchased my first multi family property (2 townhouse duplexes). I closed on the property on July 2nd. Rent is due on the 1st and late by the 5th. Everyone paid on time except one. After multiple calls and text on the 6th I finally get an answer that she is leaving. I inform her that she has to give me at least 30 day notice (GA law). Obviously she could care less. She drags her feet and finally leaves on the 15th.
Here is where I messed up. So on the lease it includes her and her now ex husband. They are recently divorced (June 2018). So sometime In June she kIcked him out. The husband approached me around July 12th and asked if he could move back into the apartment after she left. I agreed to let him move in but he would have to pay a new security deposit and rent would be going up. He agreed and everything was set for him to move in on the 20th. Since then it’s been a back and forth “I’ll be able to pay you rent and move in tomorrow blah blah blah.” After all that he decided yesterday morning that he wasn’t going to be able to move in since he couldn’t afford it.
Here is the kicker. The wife was going to leave a couch and a bed for him for when he moves in. She instead leaves everything plus a huge mess. She turned her keys into me the day she moved out. She has yet to pay me July rent. Like I said both names are still on the lease.
Do I evict them? Or is there a better route? I need their stuff gone ASAP so I can get another tenant in. This has definitely been a good learning experience for a newbie investor.
Regards,
Jeff