Elderly tenant died last night rent is due in 4 days.

[Craig Ward]

First time for me so I’m looking for advice on the best way to handle having an elderly tenant die. She was the only name on the lease and family is saying rent may be late

[Randy E.]

Originally posted by @Bjorn Ahlblad:

Where is Thomas S when we need him?

File for eviction! It doesn't matter whether the tenant is alive or dead, they are still a DEADBEAT! Don't let the tenant train you. You train the tenant. If you don't evict immediately, you must be a hobby LL. You're making it hard for real landlords to be successful because hobby landlords like you drive down rents and allow bad tenants to die without paying the next month's rent and you won't report it to the eviction court so real landlords can find out who the deadbeat dead tenants are. Sell your property, now and save yourself the embarrassment of failing at REI.

All due apologies to Thomas.