Tenant Eviction vs Notice To Vacate

[Rogelio Nunez]

Hello everyone, So I just closed on my first rental property a duplex on Nov 2nd...9 days ago. During the inspection I met the tenant in Unit 2, they are on a month to month lease and have been living in the unit little over a year now. It is safe to say they probably broke every single lease provision. Every door broken in the unit, holes in the wall vanity cracked and water damaged. Smoking, car graveyard, and drug use etc. Aside from the misuse, the unit needs extensive repair from heavy use. My plan was to turn over the unit. Here in Florida the notice is 15 days minimum. The plan was to take collect rent and give them their notice to vacate with expiration being Nov 30th. I was prepared to evict invade they became a hold over tenant. Problem they did not pay rent, so on the 11/6. I posted the 3 days to pay or vacate with expiration on 9th. Of course they did not pay and I finally heard from they on the 10th asking how to pay rent. I hired the lawyer to set up the eviction. So my question is should I accept rent and give them the 15 day notice risking to start this process and wait again? Or continue with the eviction? Thank you for you responses

[Ryan Evans]

If you're already working with an attorney, I'd ask them this question rather than leaning on BP for advice. But generally speaking, people like that don't change. They'll probably string you along and you'll just have to evict later, anyway. You'll make your money back by raising the value and hopefully the rents, but every day they are in there you can't do either of those things.