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I am planning on moving all their stuff to the garage and fixing anything inside that needs fixing. And then I will show prospective tenants the property. 

I am not waiting till the eviction is finalized for those things. I was told by the management company that I can't stop the eviction at this point. I need to wait for it to end. So I will have prospective tenants ready and once the eviction is completed I will have them move in, and get rid of any left over stuff from the previous tenant. 

That's my plan so far. Thanks for the advice!

Hello,

The tenant came from out of state and likely left and went back to their home. They did not surrender the keys and would not respond to any attempts at communication. The eviction process has been started- and I am guessing it could take 2-3 weeks to complete. Looking in the windows there is almost nothing in the home, a few pieces of furniture and no signs of life.  Do I need to wait until the eviction process is complete to do anything inside the home?  The home is located in florida.

THanks

Melanie Thomas.

I don't think the situation is addressed in the management agreement. But it will be something I address with the management company moving forward- they are managing some of my other rentals.

I was wondering, what incentive does the property management company have to find and keep good tenants, if not standing behind the tenants they have chosen by not charging twice for placement- if the tenant didn't stay for the full year?

@Jim K. 

I have managed rental property (for 5+ years), and am currently managing rental property now.  I have already dealt with a lot of **** that came up- including a hurricane and lots of insurance claims, turning over rentals, a tenant who died in the property and was the only one on the lease, etc.

I hired the company because I have a lot of responsiblities in my life beyond rentals and wanted to make my life easier.

I contacted the agent for the company- she said she would have refunded the commission because she thought that they picked a poor option in the first place (given this tenant lived in Miami and here) and was self employed ( and not tied to the area)- but the owner of the company would not agree to not charge a 2nd fee. So I told them that I would manage the property myself, because I am pretty sure I could pick a better tenant.

Hello all!

I have a management company managing a single-story home. They placed a tenant in Jan 2023 and the tenant stopped paying May 2023 and the eviction process has been started. I asked an agent from the company if they could waive the fee for placing another tenant and she said if she had made the commission that she would have refunded it to me. She said the tenant had been living between 2 cities, was self-employed, and wasn't a great choice.

I emailed the owner of the company and requested she not charge me for placing another tenant, given the circumstances. She wouldn't agree to waive the fee to place someone else.

I was wondering if there is a general consensus in this situation? THanks?

The tenant in place is not paying rent and stayed over end of lease. They are under a management company. I switched companies so this tenant filled out an application with  the first company. The current company renewed their lease but doesn't have their original application and didn't get their social on renewal.

i was wondering if you don't have a social what can I do. Do I need their social, or do I just need to hire a company for collections and they can get it?

both I and the current property management company contacted the original management company and they refused to provide the application.

advice is appreciated. Thanks 

Anthony Torri-

I don't know what the inside of the home looks like at this point, hopefully it isn't destroyed. I am not supposed to be talking directly to the tenant- because there is a management company in place. The tenant has a history of late payments. THe management company said he already secured a new place to rent- he's just hasn't gotten around to moving out.

Adam Martin- I didn't know that they used the last month's rent in January- I found out after it happened- from the property management company.

Drew Sygit- I can cancel the contract with the PM company without  fees with just giving 30 days notice.

Theresa Harris-

I spoke to them today and told them I wasn't happy with how things were handled. They said they will post a 3 days notice and then start the eviction process.

Thanks everyone for your input.

Corby Goade-

I was wondering the same thing about why they even posted a 3 day notice but didn't start the eviction process. She told me that she didn't think eviction was a good idea because they were already moving out and it would not be a good financial move. She told me she would no longer accept a partial payment in the future, but she said she did it this time  because they were moving out- and that might be all we would get from them.

The property management company has done very little to make the tenant move out? What can they legally do- physically move the tenants out? She said she's driving by daily to look at the progress... it's ridiculous.

I live in an area affected by hurricane Ian, so contractors have tons of work- they are swimming in it. I was trying to secure them in advance so that I would have someone to do the job- since it's been hard to find workers.

I did have a frank conversation with them about the situation. Out of it, they said they would ask for social security numbers when the lease is being renewed if they don't already have that info and they told me they would always notify me if tenants are paying late and 3 days notice needs to be given- so I can determine if I want to start the eviction process.

Finding a decent property management company has been challenging. And I have a lot going on in my life so that I need assist to manage things.

I don't think there is anything in the contract keeping me from hiring a collections company directly- I am going to call them today. 

I thought the only thing a property management company  could really do is start the eviction process, I didn't think they can literally force a tenant out of the property?

Am i incorrect? 

Thanks