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We have a bad tenant whose rent cheque bounced. Our PM gave him 14 days notice. Then we found out that he had two dogs in the house (against the lease), that the previous PM only collected 2/3 of the security deposit, etc. He said that he will move out at the end of the month and that he will give us the back rent because he doesn`t want to go to court, but each time our PM sees him, the tenant complains about everything and threatens legal action, etc.
My PM is inexperienced and asked me if he could change the locks and put the tenant`s belongings outside, etc. He said that we could be fined for doing that. Someone told him that:
a. We can`t do anything like that for at least two months
b. We can`t cash the SD until the lease is up (another 4 months--the tenant is breaking the lease by leaving early, not paying rent, not paying the full SD, having dogs)
We have a person who wants the place for Sept. 1, and now we`re worried that this guy may not leave.
Has anyone had a similar experience? Today the PM showed up to show the place and the tenant was angry that he was in there. Sounds as if the tenant didn`t show up to let him in, so he went in on his own.
We live far from the action, and we are caught between a miserable tenant and an inexperienced PM. We could use some advice.
Thanks.
My PM is inexperienced and asked me if he could change the locks and put the tenant`s belongings outside, etc. He said that we could be fined for doing that. Someone told him that:
a. We can`t do anything like that for at least two months
b. We can`t cash the SD until the lease is up (another 4 months--the tenant is breaking the lease by leaving early, not paying rent, not paying the full SD, having dogs)
We have a person who wants the place for Sept. 1, and now we`re worried that this guy may not leave.
Has anyone had a similar experience? Today the PM showed up to show the place and the tenant was angry that he was in there. Sounds as if the tenant didn`t show up to let him in, so he went in on his own.
We live far from the action, and we are caught between a miserable tenant and an inexperienced PM. We could use some advice.
Thanks.