Tenant lawsuits post eviction

[Kamal Tripathi]

I am a landlord in New Jersey. I have multiple single family homes and now got into trouble with one of the property.

What happened?

- Tenant not paying gas and electric bill

- Tenant on drugs

- Tenant paying late rent

What did I do?

- send them eviction notice and successfully evicted the

What next?

- House had 6k worth of damages. Got it all fixed and now also have CCO

Why still an issue?

- PSEG will not convert gas and electric to new tenant till the time past bill of 1000 is paid.

Who is responsible?

If I pay that money any way to get it back from lousy tenant?

[Theresa Harris]

You're unlikely to get the money.  Send it to a collections agency.  They will get a chunk of the money if they are successful, but they will also do all of the work and it will appear on the tenant's credit history.

Meanwhile pay the bill and move on.  As part of the new lease, perhaps have them send you copies of the gas and electric bill every 2-3 months to show that it is being paid.