In my county they sell a packet of documents at the court house that you can file yourself. 

So you don't respond to the phone at all.Best practice: Send over the application and lease, the 3 day notice, bullet points on how it was served, the other unpaid rent for the second count, a check for the fee and ask when to be in court.

@Heather Hall your title rep or customer service rep can pull all the recorded FHA and VA loans recorded 2020-2021 when rates were under 3% Be super careful with the VA's they are a protected class in 9 out of 10 cases and recent overturn in VA mods indicates those in trouble will end up in court. 

Maybe at $10k it would be worth pursuing in small claims court.    

I paid and settled out of court.

We have a lot of court cases to analyze, and unfortunately they are clear as mud.

Here's an example:https://hawaiisclassifieds.com...Hawaii is a judicial state so the proceedings are handled by the county courts.

If it happened after 6 months from now that would be over the moon great.RE support function.  

As an alternative solution, most of the apartments in Lawrence Township now evict through Superior Court. 

Just use the lookup function above.