All Forum Posts by: Sadim M.

If your question is can you file for an eviction if the tenant made a partial payment during or after the 5 day notice period, there is no clear answer. Most 5 day notices have some wording along the lines of "Only full payment will prevent an eviction." But, if the tenant in court says that they made the partial payment in agreement with you not evicting her, some judges will believe the tenant and dismiss the case, with the reasoning of why would a tenant pay if they were going to get kicked out anyway. So you have to determine for yourself on a case by case basis whether to accept partial payment, and take into consideration the dollar amount, how behind on rent are they, do you care about the money or do you just want them out, etc.

@Jarrett Harris They do not evict on weekends. But for some good news, the sheriff usually only does evictions M-F 8am-12pm, but since last week has been doing them until 3pm to try to clear the backlog.

Cook County isn't the best for landlords. (All my properties are in Cook County) The process usually goes something like this (not legal advice) 1. Serve 5 day notice 2. If the tenant hasn't paid by day 5 (you can count weekends but day 5 has to be a weekday), then you can file for Joint Action, which is for possession and rent money. You are assigned a court date about 2-3 weeks from date of filing. 3. In Cook County, it is required that the sheriff serve the summons first. In my experience, they are successful about 66% of the time. If the sheriff cannot serve them, then on the first court date you ask the judge for an alias summons to have a process server give the summons. 4. On the court date, if the tenant had been served, then the judge will hear the case. If the tenant does not showup, then you get a default judgment. If the tenant shows up and presents no defense, then the judge usually gives them 2 weeks to stay and you get a money judgment. The court would prefer if you came into an agreement with a tenant before stepping in front of the judge. 5. If the tenant stays beyond the date stated in the order of possession, then the order must be filed with the sheriff. Now this is where Cook County fails the landlord. In good weather, it will take another 20-30 days for the sheriff to comeout. Currently, it is about 10-12 weeks since they basically did no evictions in Jan and part of Feb because of the cold. Of course, tenants can bring up defenses and other motions, which would further delay the process. Cook County landlords: Tenant screening is very important.

An applicant for a unit a while back once said that she worked for a cleaning service, and I remembered thinking that the amount on her paycheck was unusually high for a cleaning person. After receiving the application, I did a google search of the applicant's name and found her public facebook page. One of her posts from a few days before was "These stupid apartments need so much money, how can I fake a paystub" with responses to different websites. Didn't need to call the "employer" after that lol.

Thanks for the welcome everyone! Going to re-upload my pic now.

Hi everyone, I'm Sadim and have been reading posts on BP for almost a year. Finally decided to jump in and participate. I'm 21 yrs old, just graduated from UIC. I am a property manager for the properties my father owns in the southwest suburbs of Chicago and have been learning real estate since I was 13. I have completed one flip a few months ago with my brother and have learned lots from this site. Hope to learn and offer useful insights to help others.

And one other thing-I uploaded a picture of myself a couple of days ago but it still does not appear. Wonder why?