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Updated almost 10 years ago on . Most recent reply
Tenant had a Heart attack
What are the options and advice for a landlord who has a tenant who states that she has had a heart attack, and she is already late on 2 month's rent. Assuming she's stating the truth, and giving her the benefit of being honest with me, what can BP forum advice?
Late payment of 15/day is tacked on. Deposit is practically evaporated already...Help
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I would treat this tenant as any other late paying tenant. Two months late on rent means the landlord is at least one month late on filing for an eviction. Whether the heart attack story is true or not, it seems like an excuse.
Back in November, just a day or two past the first of the month, one of my tenant's suffered a serious sickness and was hospitalized. At one point, his illness was life threatening. He paid November's rent while still hospitalized. He was released from the hospital in the middle of November and had to move in with his mother because he needed someone living with him who could tend to him -- and the doctors said this would be a concern for months, maybe years. At that point, he gave me a thirty day notice to move out. When December 1 rolled around, he paid December's rent even though he as no longer living in the apartment. He removed most of his belongings in the middle of the month. I began showing it and got it leased starting the second week of January.
My point is, my seriously ill tenant who was near death at one point did not use his unexpected hospitalization to avoid his responsibility for paying his rent. Only bad tenants find excuses to not pay their rent. Sounds like you have a bad tenant. Evict her.