A picture and a sentence or two of instructions is sufficient.

David, the magistrate instructed me that I needed to do a landlord/tenant complaint.

I would resend new instructions by regular mail and certified and text, etc. and have the PM deposit the check.I also would never go over there without a witness and I would instruct any workers to avoid her and refer her to you if she has any issues. 

However, if our phone goes straight to voicemail or we don’t respond immediately, our tenants are instructed to call our handyman directly.

It’s for this reason that I constantly instruct my readers to concentrate their main efforts on fixing what shows.

I would send out whatever the required notice is for your area to vacate within 30 days NOW along with a checklist of things they need to have done when they move- schedule a walk through, get utility billing switched out of their name, provide a forwarding address, as well as detailed cleaning instructions so they know how you expect to find the apartment.If it were me, I would want them out sooner than the 14th if I had tenants moving in the 15th, just to have a chance to address any issues/repairs/cleaning that needed to be done before a new tenant moves in.  

Did you give her clear instructions on how to pay rent now?  

@Kurt Gardner the CA rule says you have to allow for a method of payment besides cash or an electronic transfer, however it does have a provision for bounced checks, here is the text:A landlord or a landlord’s agent may demand or require cash as the exclusive form of payment of rent or deposit of security if the tenant has previously attempted to pay the landlord or landlord’s agent with a check drawn on insufficient funds or the tenant has instructed the drawee to stop payment on a check, draft, or order for the payment of money.

We now have until October 7th to collect enough signatures and we need your help.We have assembled a petition package to provide every other concerned citizen of Independence to be used to collect as many signatures as possible and turn them in by October 7thth.Click Here for Petition Package Click Here for InstructionsThe Package Includes” Page 1 – Petition for ReferendumPages 2-7 – The OrdinancePages 8-10 – Signature Pages (you can add extra signature pages if needed as long as they are numbered and signed with your name printed at the bottom>Page 11 – Flyer to Provide Potential SignersPage 12-14 – Petition Package Instructions (separate document)Instruction:To collect signatures, you MUST BE A REGISTERED VOTER OF INDEPENDENCE.

The SSA-89 process is a bit of a pain for a smalltime landlord to deal with.But the IRS form 4506-T process is fairly easy, with instructions right on it, and you verify the integrity of the tax returns they provided to boot.