Need some advice on Florida evictions

[Sarah Williams]

Hello all. Hoping to get some advice as to what our best course of action should be. I’ll explain the entire situation, so I apologize in advance for the lengthy post. My husband & I are closing on an investment property next week. 4 units. Our 1st in Florida, so we are still researching all the laws here, but with everything changing due to Covid, not exactly sure what we can & can’t do right now. The sellers are older & kind of gave up on the property. The tenants in unit #1 actually were the ones that moved tenants into units #2 & #3, & those 2 tenants paid tenants in unit #1, and they paid the sellers. The sellers don’t even know the names of the tenants in those 2 other units. Tenants in #4 paid the sellers directly & we do know their names & have their information, and they’re actually late on their rent by a few months. One of them has a job and the other is sick & most likely the reason she can’t work. The entire property is in need of extensive rehab & extensive cleaning . The tenants in all 4 units took horrible care of the property and every unit is absolutely disgusting and dirty. They all have dogs that the sellers didn’t know about. The tenants in unit #1 have 4 dogs alone. 2 huge ones & 2 puppies. All the tenants have known for months that we were in the process of buying the property, and tenants in unit #1 told me & the sellers a few months ago they were looking to move anyway.

We need for all of them to be out ASAP. I sent a text to tenants in units #1 & #4, those were the only names & numbers I have. The text just said that we need for them all to be out by July 1st. I was nice about it. I explained that we needed to do extensive rehab & we needed the property to be vacant. I asked unit #1 if they can give me the names & numbers of units #2 & #3... I also told both that we were trying to avoid legal action & we wanted to make it an easy process for everyone... Unit #1 tenants texted back saying that they can’t find a house due to their dogs & they need more than 30 days. We don’t want to the dogs there ourselves . They didn’t give us the info for the other tenants. ...

Unit #4 hasn’t texted me back..

Unit #1 & #2 are current with their rent.

Unit #1 had a lease that ended last year. The other units had no leases.

What can we legally do to get them all out ASAP??