Terrible Tenant Won’t Leave!!!

[Erin Bonsell]

First, let me say that I am so thankful to have Bigger Pockets as a resource! We have a new family business in real estate investing, rentals and flipping houses.  We continue to learn with every adventure. We have a tenant that we started the eviction process for a year ago. His lease was to end August 2018. He appealed. His lawyer found a loophole in the lease. Trust me when I say that this won’t be a problem in the future! However, our lawyer assured us that through the appeal process he would leave. He has not even begun to pack a single box. So now we are a year later, have given 120 day notice, 90 day notice and 30 day notice and still has not left. It is a nice apartment but not that nice!  I do not feel our lawyer is acting in our best interest. The tenant has continued to pay rent to the court but he is also harassing the other tenants in the duplex, he records every interaction at the property and is becoming  a safety concern for all involved. What other options do we have at this point?