Tenant threatened me!

[Cody F.]

Had some leases expiring this month and was on the fence about offering them to renew, but I still offered renewals at an increased monthly rate.

This tenant is staying in a 1br apartment, at the old rate of $350 dollars per month which includes $100 dollars of water, sewer, and garbage pickup that we pay for. I offered him to renew at 400 dollars per month because market rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in the area is 450 on the low end without utilities.

-This tenant habitually pays late.

-I caught him peeing outside one of the buildings in the middle of the day one time.

-I've had to tell him several times he can't walk around the apartments drinking beer.

-Back in January he decided to come to the office to tell me that he was going to pay late this month because he has medical bills from getting shot. Then got upset when I told him he's going to get a letter and the late fee.

Now today when I offered the renewal letter he called me several times in a row and I was dumb enough to answer.

He was upset that his rent increased, and said nobody else is paying that much. (Most others have been raised to 375, and I'm currently advertising a renovated 1br apartment for 450 and taking applications).

He then proceeded to say "I've had enough of you disrespecting me, I'm going to show you what kind of man I am."

I then replied, "we don't deal with things that way, we'll get the law involved." "Did you really just threaten me? " "We take threats seriously and won't be renewing your lease. "

His tone of voice changed and he started to backpedal "that's not what I said. Well maybe I'll just go that route then."

I ended the conversation "Have a good night. " and hung up.

So now I'm confused, I don't want to go through an eviction but I'm not going to walk around our apartment complex worried about getting shot or being retaliated against. And I absolutely will not be intimidated.

Am I going about this the right way? What should I do next? Any advice is appreciated.