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Updated about 2 years ago, 12/22/2022

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Greg Whitman
  • Investor
  • Hollywood, MD
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Tenant possibly abandoned property prior to lease expiration

Greg Whitman
  • Investor
  • Hollywood, MD
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I wanted to get folks opinions here on this situation.  I have a property in Southern Maryland that I have now been to court multiple times to get the tenants to pay their back rent.  They have consistently stayed 2 months behind since April.  We had a judgement in September, and the eviction was scheduled.  The morning of the eviction, the tenants came up with the money needed in the judgement to avoid foreclosure.  However, as it was literally just hours before the Sheriff was scheduled to arrive, I could not cancel the movers I hired.  So, once again, back to court to get caught up again.  This time we go to mediation and agree on a payment arrangement.  The tenants made one of the 4 payments due.  Today we go back to court and only one shows up, domestic couple split up).  Judge granted me a judgement for rent and late fees owed, no previous court costs.  The one tenant states he has moved out of the property, and I have not seen his partner since November.  As of today (12-21-2022), they have 10 days left on the lease.  Should I consider they have abandoned the property and start moving forward with inspections/repairs or just wait the 10 days until the lease has ended before I take any further action?

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