Sylvia Park
eviction representation in court
Good morning! My husband and I are landlords who are trying to evict our tenant. Do we both have to show up at the magistrate's office? We have a court date and weren't sure if we both have to attend?
This is ou...
Les Jean-Pierre
Evicting a bad tenant but she seems uncomfortable around me
I am evicting a tenant whose rent is way under market. She was a good tenant who paid on time but the Brooklyn market just exploded. Now, I gave her plenty of advanced notice that I needed to raise rents and she didn'...
Carlos Enriquez
Evictable after 3 late rent payments?
I was told by a prospective PM that after 3 consecutive late rent payments, I don't have to accept the next rent payment and that the tenant can be evicted as a rule.The inherited leases state nothing about that. The...
Ganesh S.
Attorney taking us for a ride?
Hi folks,
We had a tenant who was back on his rent during the 2009-2011 economic downturn. We had them evicted, with a payment plan for rent owed. To cut a long story short, our attorney (to our surprise) pe...
Nathan Williams
loopholes to add to lease to bypass eviction moratoriums
I was curious if anyone else is trying to add additional clauses to their lease agreements to give themselves a way to evict a tenant other than for non-payment of rent during this ridiculous eviction moratorium. I w...
Bruce L.
Tenant is taking me to Small Claims Court - Help
So, my tenant serve me with paperwork that he wants me take me to small claims court over his $1200 security deposit, after all repairs were made, I gave him back $250, but he wanted pretty much all of it.
Could anyo...
Josh Wagner
South Carolina Foreclosure Process
I know that in SC it's a judicial foreclosure. I also read that there is no redemption period for the mortgagor. My questions are:How late into the process can I purchase the home?How late into the process can I assis...
Robyn Watkins
Going under contract on a Condemed Property
Hello BP members! My name is Robyn, I'm a new rehabber/flipper. I located a great deal on a vacant condemned property that is paid for in full sitting on over $300k in equity. The owners want to sell however the house...
Frank McGovern
Chicago offers free legal eviction rep to low-income renters
The Chicago Department of Housing on Monday chose two nonprofits to provide free legal help to low-income tenants “at risk of or subject to eviction or lock-out” in Chicago.https://chicago.suntimes.com/c...
Joel Owens
What would you do in this situation??
A hypothetical:
4 unit building.
Tenant is in the process of being evicted from their unit but no Marshall date yet. Says they will be out by end of the week.
Tenant goes to PM on site and says water is coming dow...