Sure, you can go to court and get a judgement, but you'll never collect.

[Edit] Forgot to add this little most commonly unknown fact about LLC's and Corps...Think you might have to go to small claims court or municipal court to get a judgement against a tenant or file an eviction?

I decided to look past my judgements of his appearance and listed to what he had to say.

Almost all of this domestic violence between tenants and their ex-shackup boyfriends is caused by the poor judgement of the tenant.I had a very similar case recently in which one of my tenants chose to shack up with a guy in violation of the lease.

im very disapointed with the company. they do not ever return phone calls, i have to call 3-4 times to get them on the phone. and provided no help whatso ever.i was actually served court papers on one of the deptors and was counceled by this company to ignore them as they said" we can get judgements off your credit!"

How about renovated masterpiece 3bed, 2 bath granite countertops blah blah.If its okay Id like to make some notes about what I see- please feel free to use whatever is useful to you and leave whatever is not- Its not a judgement just notes about what I would change.I'm not a fan of your pictures- Looks like a great rehab and pretty nice staging but I cant really see any of it pictures are very dark for the most part and most don't really focus on what I want to see which is how great your house is- WOW ME!

I am not talking about just going to court.I am talking about 3 day notice to quit,filing eviction,court date in the mail,going to court if tenants answers and getting judgement and writ,then paying writ fee and waiting for the marshal to set up throwing the stuff out.These time lines and processes will vary by state.In some areas the marshalls are backed up serving the writs.So if it takes 2 months to get them out and the writ takes a month then it will be 3 months of lost rent.4 if you get them out mid month unless you can land someone living in a hotel or moving to the area mid month.Then you would only lose 3 1/2 months.You also have to factor in time to turn the place and clean it and rent it out again.The fact you accepted a reduced rent will make it hard to get an eviction in court.Accepting a partial rent usually means you are doing a workout with the tenant.So for instance of I can get a majority of the rent I might do a workout.If the tenant wants me to stop eviction for 100 dollars I tell them to pound sand. :)What you do will also depend on your personal cash flow situation.Are you trying to preserve personal credit and do you have a recourse loan on this property??

How do you go about collecting a judgement for unpaid rent?

This is my first rental and my judgement just isn't that developed yet.

The most important thing on the seller's mind is likely a potential deficiency judgement and/or the tax liability of the short sale.