Anyone who hasn't paid by the 5th is called every day until we begin the eviction process on or around the 15th depending on weekends or holidays.

so on the second of the month (assuming not weekend or holiday) I send them notice saying rent was do on the 1st and if not received by the eod of 5th a late fee must be included to be considered paid in full.

This is also a hard time of year to place tenants but it will get easier now that the holidays are over.

He never came back and had the hugest furniture, great giant stuff from the 1940’s, it was a nightmare removing it and some I simply chopped into pieces.

One benefit of SEC 8 is that more of them move in winter months than non-SEC 8 tenants, but still fewer people even in SEC 8 move over the holidays.  

Account Closed I'm new to this game and have basically zero experience, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night so....I've been doing a bunch of research on the long term population and economic trends of all the major metro areas and I have to say that Raleigh's profile is stellar.

Underwriter took the position that it looked like dad-in-law might be dummying up paystubs (or giving him a giant and real, but temporary, pay increase) to get his daughter and her husband out of the basement, and refused to use anything but the lower number that was on tax returns for husband's income calculation.

However, it requires payment process to start several days earlier as it can take 5 to 7 business days which is compounded if there are any holidays and and of course weekends.Another option I use is Zelle, similar to Cashapp but used with bank to bank.

It's free as of late November as we just listed it last month and don't have bookings into the holidays yet.

The winter rent, due to the various holidays and the harsh weather in other parts of the country, does OK.