All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

Gang, appreciate the thoughts ... but please keep in mind I'm it's a complex situation with kids involved, and a partner who's simply not playing by the rules. So, I must tread carefully, keeping the long-view in mind, regardless of how painful it is to me day-to-day. 

The question posed here is part of a larger strategy of options. A consultation with a lawyer is another one of these. Thanks again --

Thanks all. I've got calls to a couple attorneys on my docket for tomorrow. And I'll look into whether it's a code violation.

Thank you, Lynn. We're working with a good counselor on the marital issues, and again I hope to get to the bottom of the core stuff soon. Best case would be we agree TOGETHER that we just don't need the complexity of this guy being around anymore, and we let him know he needs to go, and enforce an eviction timeline together.

But to cover bases, I'm looking at a scenario some weeks out, where if we're not making progress, and I just need to get the guy gone so I can return to my house without this dude being there ... what can be done?

Put another way, I hate to hang a 30-day notice on his door only to learn it has no teeth if she doesn't agree. She is co-owner on the mortgage after all.

The code angle is interesting. In fact, the reason he was bumped from his old RV park is because his RV was too ugly to stay there!

I understand - there's many layers of the situation, and I'm not looking at booting this guy as the magic bullet that fixes all our problems.

But the real estate part of this is: If husband/wife are jointly listed on a mortgage, but disagree on whether a tenant should stay ... can one party press the eviction process without the other's consent?

I've been a wannabe investor for several years, and have enjoyed reading BiggerPockets. Sadly, the topic that finally motivated me to create an account and jump in is not a happy one:

We have an adult, non-family-member guest living in his own RV in our yard (within the Austin city limits). Here's the wrinkle - I want him gone; my wife doesn't. She and I are both listed on the mortgage. We live in Austin, TX.

We let the guy park there to "help him out for a while" (which I'm sure you folks have heard a lot). He's been using our utilities, shower, food, etc since. After the first month, we grumbled about the increased grocery bill, so he sent me $300 via PayPal with a note saying 'January rent'. He's sent nothing since (2 months). We have no written or verbal agreement in place with him.

Dazzlingly, when I pressed on my discomfort about what I saw as a growing connection between my wife and our guest, she asked ME to leave. I've been living remotely for two weeks, leaving the two of them at our place while I service the mortgage, pay the utilities and so forth. I'll spare you what I think of this development.

Really hoping my wife and I can come to joint accord on this via counseling, but I'm trying to understand what could be done legally, should I need to press the issue.

Thoughts welcome. Thanks in advance --