@Atwan Kwan look on your county’s official records for document type “final judgement default”, then search the address to figure out if it’s a foreclosure or eviction.

If they don't pay for the repairs, yes I will evict and it will come out of their sec. deposit and/or money judgement anyway.They have plenty of time to speak with their lawyer regarding the validity of the charges during the lengthy eviction process.

If you have no way of collecting money from them in a judgement any money spent will be wasted in addition.

My out of state rentals which are in somewhat lower income areas do not allow pets and our PM was adamant about it so we trusted his judgement.  

When switching over to a new management company, it took a few months to get the documentation from the old one about the money judgement.  

@jameskrac Yeah, we can include those places (as much as my judgement will allow anyways)!

So I think you should apologize because you offended me and made a massive judgement when there should not have been one.

Then realize 80% of small claims court judgements are never collected and how much effort this would take.

tenant A gets evicted but marries tenant B, gets a recommendation to keep yorkie for emotional support, and anyways, buys the building thru a court ordered forced sale to satisfy judgements and they live happily ever after with their hoard of 'support' animals... until tenants-turned-owners' 'loveable' pit bull mix killed a tenant's child and court ruled both community property owners were liable.. but they had no equity nor assets so thrown in prison for life - without emotional support animals nor pet visitation rights - and never invoked their conjugal visitation rights - the end!

I am trusting my agent's judgement on this...I hope we don't have to evict as I really don't want to ruin the tenants ability to qualify for Section 8 and of course incur the expenses.