does a "3 day notice to pay or quit" have to be served in NY? In the past I've just sent them in the mail or hand delivered the "3 day notice" before starting the eviction process. However, a new judge is telling me I...

Hello, Longer story-short, I have a tenant that put in a complaint about a furnace in March.  My partner, who was the PM at the time, who has since exited the picture, sent out a technician to repair the furnace.  App...

Hello. I have some tenants under a 1 year lease who decided to up and leave today essentially breaking the lease. They were four months into their lease at $750/mos. These are college students. I politely sent them a ...

Bought a SFH at the end of last year. Off market deal, had a tenant who owner said , "has not paid rent in 6 months, and i dont want to deal with the eviction process." I got the house for an awesome deal. One of my b...

I am appearing telephonically in a small claims case tomorrow in Washington State.  My previous tenants are denying the damages and filed against me in court.  I believe they did so because they didn't think that I wo...

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I very often see "Suggestion of Bankruptcies" in foreclosure case dockets. While some are in good faith, it seems that some are intended to delay the sale as much as possible. Sometimes, there are multiple sug...

I've got an offer on a short sale in Portland that has been accepted by the owner (actually it's the bankruptcy trustee) and also approved by the lender. The listing agent said that the sale of the house now has to go...

So if you haven't ever done this, make a trip to you local eviction court. I was in the area this morning and decided to stop by and watch a few cases. It was educational. I saw two cases and below is a summary of wha...

I have a property under contract  to be sold with code violations that's in the courts and the Judge is preventing me from selling the property. I'm trying to understand how can the Judge do this when the city (Toledo...

Eviction judge tells me my tenant (who is 2 months late) is not made of money & gives him another week to get out. Sheriff comes a week later, he is still not out.  The sheriff calls the judge, the judge says we ...