After 4+ months of promises, promises but no money, our property manager and I finally decided to file eviction notices on a tenant. To her credit, she was a really good talker but never never followed through on anything she said she would do or did what we told her needed to be done.
The property manager posted her three day notice - which, of course, she ignored. Next step was to file a court date. On Tuesday, November 9 our property manager and the attorney went to court. In an unusual move, the tenant actually showed up. She had the nerve to tell the judge that our accounting was wrong and that she had paid rent but it wasn't credited. The judge asked if she had documentation. "No." He rescheduled and moved the party to Friday, Nov 12. This time the tenant was a no-show and we won the judgment.
Fortunately she's gone. Whew. I am so relieved. After months of promises of every shape and size, I'm glad to have a vacant apartment bringing in zero dollars than an occupied apartment bringing in zero dollars.
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