Never Ending Eviction Pursuits

[John Knab]

If you've had a tenant over the past year or more that has quit paying you simply because they can, then you understand the frustration of the times. You turn over the eviction process to a seasoned eviction attorney only to find out that their hands are tied behind their backs. The courts are either not open or there is no urgency to free up your rental property. Finally, you get a writ and judgement but your community requires a local sheriff to serve the eviction papers and see them out of the property. Problem is that the sheriffs are not authorized to execute the eviction. 

Given this nightmare, you probably would expect the government to provide some stimulus relief to property owners given the eviction process is broken and shut down. Really? There is not even discussions of relief for property owners. Property owners are invisible to the local, state and federal offices. 

The current administration is in no hurry to evict because it is not politically popular to do so. It would also accelerate the homeless plight within the country. Meantime, property owners, prepare for a long, long process before you can get your property back. When you get the property back from a tenant that has not paid you in a very long time, be prepared for them to damage that property, on purpose. Why? No reason, just the fact that you tried to have them evicted for not paying.

Try this at Walmart. March in and walk out with a large screen TV without paying. When you are stopped at the door, simply tell them that because of the COVIC season, you are not in a position to pay them but you will one day. Is this example absurd? Just saying. Rental property is one of the few situations where not paying is allowed without current consequence. 

Estimates of this eviction process opening up is probably September 2021 or into early 2022. Ugh!