Hey everyone, I might be going through my first eviction and was wondering if you all could share your experience and wisdom as to how it might go down. I understand that nothing could beat legal counsel, but your personal experiences would be well appreciated.

I have a tenant who moved in another tenant without my knowledge, he also has a cat, which is prohibited on the lease. He also broke my front door and the HOA says it needs to be replaced immediately. I'm out of state, so I sent him a 7 day notice for noncompliance with opportunity to cure to replace the front door and move the new tenant out along with his cat, since then four days have passed. My question is, once the 7 days are up, do most people immediately file for eviction (I would be hiring an attorney) without contacting the tenant again? Do you send a final letter on the 7th day asking what they’re planning on and warn them of the financial repercussions of not answering or curing the issues in the Noncompliance notice (i.e. attornies fees, eviction on record, etc)? How do most of you handle this issue?

Again, after this 7 day grace period and If I have to file for an eviction, I’ll just use an attorney, but I’m kind of lost as to what happens once the 7 days are up in terms of notifying the tenant.

Thank you again for your words of advice.