I ended up trying to do the cash for keys, offered them a set amount, offered to forgive the rent they never paid and gave them 2 weeks to move out.

Don't just call them once... make it a point to remain in regular contact with them (at least 1x per month) via phone, face to face, email, text, social media, mail, etc.At the same time, make it a point to add X number of NEW contacts to your database each day or week.

It was obvious he valued the upfront fee more than the potential of a real partnership where we could collectively earn substantial profits (hundreds of thousands of dollars vs 10k) in a matter of weeks.

So if I'm away for the week and *!

CAR met with them last week and are attempting to get an extension till April but no word on that yet.

It looks like this:THEM: I wouldn't be ready to rent this for six months.ME: I'm sorry, but we are not holding the property vacant for more than two weeks.

One option you might try is to go to Bi- Weekly Payments, this way you collect on the same cycle as their paychecks.As long as both of your tenants still have their jobs, I would ride it out, the 2nd thing is how are they maintaining the property, are you going to have to spend thousands of dollars on repairs because of damage to the property.

To connect an external account and auto-import the data follow instructions here:https://support.baselane.com/hc/en-us/articles/2548356963957...Note: Baselane is working on providing CSV upload option and it should be launching in about 1 week. =).

It took him 3 weeks when originally he gave me an estimate of a week.

Takes a few min a week managing 8 rentals.