Rental Property Investor · Mercer Island, WA · Member since 2008 · 22k+ posts · 14k+ votes
14y
Eh? If they're not in compliance with the lease, you can evict. If they're in compliance and the lease hasn't ended, you have to wait until the lease ends.
Investor, Entrepreneur, Educator · Springfield, MO · Member since 2009 · 21k+ posts · 12k+ votes
14y
Jon is right, you might be stuck unless they are in violation of law or lease terms. You may terminate be able to terminate if they are causing disturbances with other tenants, noise issues or other violations of ordinances.... :)
SFR Investor · WY · Member since 2011 · 115 posts · 15 votes
14y
Just thinking reflexively here- anything in your behavior that could cause the tenants to change their behavior?
Boy, its been a long week working with my autistic kiddos. Three days of aggressive, obnoxious behavior, now a day of great compliance. What changed? I did!
Real Estate Investor · Audubon, PA · Member since 2009 · 13k+ posts · 8k+ votes
14y
What makes them so hellish? Was there anything you could have observed before renting to them that could have prevented you from being in this dilemma?
Lender · Fort Pierce, FL · Member since 2009 · 825 posts · 486 votes
14y
You could make an offer that would make it in the tenant's economic advantage to terminate the lease and vacate. This would entail your reimbursing their prepaid rent, deposit and likely additional amounts such as moving expenses and utility deposit at the very least.
This would mean that YOU are out of money.
What is so bad that you want to end this relationship?
Goshen, KY · Member since 2009 · 835 posts · 683 votes
14y
I have used cash for key to get tenants out in the past that didn't pay the rent rather than go through the eviction process. Maybe they are miserable too and would go for this. If this is the case you could cancel the lease, give them back their deposit and some cash to move.
Littleton, CO · Member since 2012 · 11 posts · 0 votes
14y
Thank you guys for your input. We might try to see if we can encourage early termination with a cash incentive. The reasons are all over the place. We had to do a 3 day eviction to get paid for August, they have damaged numerous areas of the unit, they have threatened us in front of the police, the list goes on and on. I doubt they will be able to pay sept. without jobs.
Littleton, CO · Member since 2012 · 11 posts · 0 votes
14y
Hmm. we did not contact the previous landlord directly, but was provided a letter of good standing. In reading through the process I think we should have contacted that person to be sure they were actually the landlord.
Investor · Central Valley, CA · Member since 2012 · 6k+ posts · 3k+ votes
14y
Carrie: Most leases have plenty of terms that when violated are evict-able. What does your lease say about tenant damage? I'd serve the tenants with your state's version of 3-day to perform covenants or quit. This is essentially fix or quit. If they can't afford or manage the repair in three days you go forward with the eviction. It can backfire if they rally and get everything done in 3 days. But a fix or quit might open the way to a conversation about them moving with incentives.
Real Estate Investor · chicago, IL · Member since 2012 · 1k+ posts · 231 votes
14y
there ya go. never trust; always verify.
here's another tip, carrie:
tell your next tenant u want to visit their place. if they detest then ask, "u get to see my place so why can't i visit yours?" tell them basic wear & tear is no biggie. just wanna make sure they dont trash the place.
if u dont want to do this - or if they deny your request - drive by & check out the exterior (if a SFH). They'll likey treat the interior as the exterior.
also verify the landlord is in fact the owner of the property via the web & that the tenant, in fact, lives there.
Littleton, CO · Member since 2012 · 11 posts · 0 votes
14y
O.K. we will be checking out more of the damage soon and I am sure there will be quite a bit more, but this might be some incentive to moving on. Thank you.