Shouldn't Prop Manager handle eviction?

[John Lubin]

My property manager is saying an eviction will cost ~$1000 for a lawyer.  Shouldn't the property manager handle the eviction process themself, otherwise, what am I really paying them for?  

Tenant paid last month ~ 20 days late, and short paid, and still hasn't paid this month (it is now the 21st), so they are basically 2 months overdue.  

PM only put a 3 day notice on their door a few days ago, and continues to just ask them to pay rent and let them make excuses.  I would have assumed we would start the eviction process on the 5th after they missed rent for a second month, so we have the option to remove them as fast as possible if they continue to not pay.  

Very unhappy with this PM (I already took over handling maintenance because of the ridiculous amounts they were agreeing to pay contractors) and won't be using them moving forward, but was hoping to keep them on to handle the eviction.  

[Greg Scott]

It is very common for a PM to hire an experienced lawyer to handle the eviction process. In that way they are handling it.  However, $1K is much higher than what we pay.

We do not allow partial payments and I find it curious that your PM accepted that.  If they had followed our policy, you might already have possession of your unit.