Banning Previous Tenant from Property

[Alexander Crocker]

I am currently house hacking a four-plex in New Hampshire. When I purchased the property I inherited tenants in two of the units that were related (mother in one unit, daughter in the other). Within the first few months of owning the property the police were there four times for the daughter. Two occasions were for heroin overdoses and another for a restraining order violation. Needless to say my introduction to being a landlord has been interesting! The funny thing is it’s actually in a great area and I have never seen any police activity besides the issues at my house.

I was able to get the daughter to move out without having to go to court about a month ago. The mother always paid the daughters rent and never missed a payment but allowing her to stay was an obvious liability. The mother is still living on the property along with her boyfriend. They are both good tenants and I would like to allow them to stay.

My problem is that the daughter occasionally shows up on the property to use the shower and laundry machines in her mothers apartment. I really don’t want her on the property at all and am planning on talking to the mother about it. I’m worried I may be too cruel not allowing the mother to have her own daughter in her apartment but I am more concerned about having a heroin addict bringing sketchy people around the house. I would like to get others opinions on the best way to go about banning her from the property.

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Nothing you can do to limit guests at the property.   

Best case you get rid of the mother at the end of the lease term.  

Only way you can get the daughter banned from the property is if there were cause for it.  And drug use isn’t enough.  Plus not worth the hassle.  You could talk to the mother and make sure she understands that the daughter my not stay overnight at the property.  And if she does you will be forced to evict all of them.