This helps you if you have to go to rent court because it's now actual rent rather than just a fee.

Philly landlord tenant court is certainly a unique version of small claims court. :-)  I was a mediator there during and after law school.First this is not legal advice - just my required disclaimer.  

I actually found a PM company who does not require the management contract in place, they charge $175 to do the eviction (on top of any court costs). 

.), I would have no recourse for that financial hit except a small claims court judgement (which probably isn't worth the paper it's written on).My question is - what would you do? 

When we inherit a tenant, we do not have this consent and the only thing we can report are judgements (from the court or Rentalsman/Rentalboard).

Had to hire emergency contractors who were complete morons and the whole thing ended up in court.

For example, if the boyfriend caused some damage in the property, and you sue the person who signed the lease - Will a court act logically and say "Dear lessee, you are responsible for the damage, pay the landlord then work it out with your boyfriend" Or will things get complicated when the person claims even though they are on the lease, they are not responsible for damages.Additionally, how does eviction work for a guest of a lessee?

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Originally posted by @Matthew Paul:bouncing a check is a criminal offense , tell the guy that you want to void the lease or you will prosecute  for passing bad checks .In some states, if the recipient of a check agrees to hold it for a specific length of time and then it bounces, the courts have held this to be a LOAN.

So may the posting of the notice, how do you prove that in court...take a friend with you.