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Updated over 8 years ago on . Most recent reply

Here We Go Again......
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It honestly might be worth sitting down with your tenant for a few minutes to talk to her about some of this stuff. Sounds like she's having trouble holding on to her money paycheck to paycheck, so she's short when she gets the paycheck closest to the first of the month. You can give the $60 back to her, tell her her rent is due by check on the first, and ask her if there's a way that you can help her in her current situation (without being a know-it-all). Maybe she needs to hear how you transfer some money to your savings account right after you get paid so you have a backup, or any general budgeting you do that is simple and sweet. The few minutes it will take to have a conversation might pay itself off if she realizes you're on her side, and it will probably lessen the chance that she becomes a bad tenant.