Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I have an urgent problem with a tenant that has to be dealt with right away. I know what I need to do but I am open to any suggestions or moral support anyone might be able to offer.
This involves a tenant who has been renting one of my houses for about nine years. He has been behind on the rent for most of that time. He would pay rent sporadically when he had money but he has never been paid in full for many years. I allowed it because I always had other more pressing problems going on so I did not have time to deal with evicting him and re-renting the house, and because I hoped he would pay eventually because he wants to stay in the house. Also, I did not want to evict him while he owed me so much money since I knew I would never get the money even if I won in court since he has no assets and no job, so he has no wages I can garnish and no assets. So I took my chances and waited for him to pay the rent, as he always promised to do.
Since the Covid-19 eviction moratorium began I could not evict him. My hands were tied and I am sure he knew it because he stopped paying rent altogether, and by the end of August he owed me 15 month’s rent in the amount of $18,000. Fortunately, I was able to apply for rental assistance from the money appropriated by the federal government and I applied for that last March. After months of waiting I just got a check for $18,000 which covers all his rent owing through the end of August.
He now owes me for September and October. I know I need to tell him that he has to pay these months and keep up on the rent after that or he cannot continue living in the house so I plan to send him an e-mail stating that. The eviction moratorium comes to an in my state at the end of this month so I could evict him in November if I wanted to, but I still don’t want the hassle. However, I cannot allow this go on any longer! The $2400 he owes me now is a pittance compared to what he owed me before, long before the pandemic started. Obviously, if I allow him to start accruing debt again I will be right back in the hole I was in before the pandemic.
He has a home-based legal consulting business and he says he does not have clients but even if that is true he can get job somewhere else because many businesses are desperate for employees and they are paying more wages than ever before. There is no excuse for him not paying the rent. There never was an excuse because it was not because s Covid-19 that he didn’t pay the rent, since he did not pay the rent before that either.
This involves a tenant who has been renting one of my houses for about nine years. He has been behind on the rent for most of that time. He would pay rent sporadically when he had money but he has never been paid in full for many years. I allowed it because I always had other more pressing problems going on so I did not have time to deal with evicting him and re-renting the house, and because I hoped he would pay eventually because he wants to stay in the house. Also, I did not want to evict him while he owed me so much money since I knew I would never get the money even if I won in court since he has no assets and no job, so he has no wages I can garnish and no assets. So I took my chances and waited for him to pay the rent, as he always promised to do.
Since the Covid-19 eviction moratorium began I could not evict him. My hands were tied and I am sure he knew it because he stopped paying rent altogether, and by the end of August he owed me 15 month’s rent in the amount of $18,000. Fortunately, I was able to apply for rental assistance from the money appropriated by the federal government and I applied for that last March. After months of waiting I just got a check for $18,000 which covers all his rent owing through the end of August.
He now owes me for September and October. I know I need to tell him that he has to pay these months and keep up on the rent after that or he cannot continue living in the house so I plan to send him an e-mail stating that. The eviction moratorium comes to an in my state at the end of this month so I could evict him in November if I wanted to, but I still don’t want the hassle. However, I cannot allow this go on any longer! The $2400 he owes me now is a pittance compared to what he owed me before, long before the pandemic started. Obviously, if I allow him to start accruing debt again I will be right back in the hole I was in before the pandemic.
He has a home-based legal consulting business and he says he does not have clients but even if that is true he can get job somewhere else because many businesses are desperate for employees and they are paying more wages than ever before. There is no excuse for him not paying the rent. There never was an excuse because it was not because s Covid-19 that he didn’t pay the rent, since he did not pay the rent before that either.
