I have a tenant  who has damaged the garage door and has been served 10 day notice. He has not fixed it yet despite informed by Property manager. He has instead accused the PM of damaging the door, without any reason. He was already served a 30 day notice to leave but is not ready to leave. He is always late to pay rent  and last month paid rent 20 days late. 

Folks have any suggestions on how to deal next with the tenant? Should i fix it and charge him or intimate him and start eviction process  

I was thinking of starting eviction but worried about additional damage he might do to the unit. 

Fix it and send him the bill. once his lease ends take it from the deposit. OR you can offer him 'cash for keys' to vacate the unit within a given time. This is dependent on him cleaning the unit, not damaging the unit and vacating completely 

Good luck

@Prasad J. I agree with @Remone Randolph on going ahead and getting it repaired, then send him the bill, if he doesn't pay take it out of his deposit. 

Do you have photos or video before he moved in? This will help substantiate the garage door repair.

Is the garage door repaired yet?  Repair it, then give him the bill, give him option of payments to fix the door 30/60/90 payment schedule. Take photo's of damage before any repairs.. 

We had large complex with row type garages, it's hard to prove a exterior dent or ?? if others use the driveway.. not sure what your damages were but maybe it wasn't caused by tenant 

Notice to move on if he doesn't comply.. and if he's not out then court. 

I would not give cash for keys that's I'd let the court system run it's course before doing that.

Originally posted by @Remone Randolph :

Fix it and send him the bill. once his lease ends take it from the deposit. OR you can offer him 'cash for keys' to vacate the unit within a given time. This is dependent on him cleaning the unit, not damaging the unit and vacating completely 

Good luck

 He does not have so much of a deposit, He is a inherited tenant.  I could fix it but I don't think he would ever pay back. 

Originally posted by @Deanna McCormick :

Is the garage door repaired yet?  Repair it, then give him the bill, give him option of payments to fix the door 30/60/90 payment schedule. Take photo's of damage before any repairs.. 

We had large complex with row type garages, it's hard to prove a exterior dent or ?? if others use the driveway.. not sure what your damages were but maybe it wasn't caused by tenant 

Notice to move on if he doesn't comply.. and if he's not out then court. 

I would not give cash for keys that's I'd let the court system run it's course before doing that.

 No, he has not repaired the garage door yet.  Its a great idea to take pictures. I will get the garage door fixed but I doubt he will ever pay up.  

If he does nt pay up and I move to eviction, Im worried he might do more damage to the property. Is there a way I can proceed so that he is out of the property without damage.   

Tenants pay rent late.  It is part of the game.  You make money on their paying rent by charging a late fee.  You waive the late fees if you like the tenant or this is an occasional occurrence.   Longevity of tenants is the key to success.

Proving damage might be difficult.  I don't really know the situation.

Evictions, at least in my part of the world, are to be avoided at all costs.  Super expensive.  Lots of risk.  I occasionally pay tenants to leave.

Yes @Prasad J. if your afraid the tenant will damage things in the way out I would offer him cash to vacate, but he has to clean the unit and not leave damage. Obviously he probably won't clean much but your trying to minimize the damage on his way out. If he refuses then just start the eviction and prepare to spend money renovating.

Prasad, the tenants are damaging your property already. They don't respect your rules. Once I serve a notice and explain the consequences of an eviction, I file for eviction.  I also tell them that if they leave the house in good condition I will stop the eviction. They have to be out in a week and the house needs to be in good condition for me to do that.