Evicted Tenant, now “living” in friends unit on the property??

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Joe Splitrock · Answer

@Nick Liddell evicted means he cannot be on the property. Let him know he needs to leave the property or you will have the sheriff forceably remove him. You can also have his car towed, since he was evicted the car cannot be there either. It has nothing to do with the other tenants guest rights. Let the other tenant know his friend is trouble and is going to suck him in to a bad situation very quickly.

Karen F. · Answer

If the friend's unit is not your rental unit, there is nothing you can do, other than be happy that you now know where to serve the evicted man if you plan to sue him in small claims court for your damages (assuming that he has wages to garnish, or assets to attach). If the friend's unit is your unit that you rent to the friend, tell the friend that he is violating his lease by having an additional person living there who is not on the lease. Tell him that you just had to evict the man, and for what reason, and that you would prefer not to have him on the property at all, but that if he insists on hosting him, he must comply with the terms of the lease - which means no more than 14 nights/year. Tell him that he is jeopardizing his own lease renewal, that you really don't want this man around your property.

Joe Chirdon · Answer

Does your lease have a guest fee?

Larry Alexander · Answer

Please convey to the other idiot if the situation isn't rectified that he too will be evicted, or at best not renewed. Also let it drop that they won't be getting a good recommendation from you in the future which will impact their ability to find a suitable rental going forward.

JD Martin · Answer

Why was the ex-tenant troublesome?

@Dennis M. has it right - you're going to have trouble convincing a judge that you should be able to evict his buddy because he let him shack up there, especially since everyone will claim he was just visiting. You might have a better case if he was a known drug dealer and that's why he was evicted, menacing to other tenants, etc. Otherwise, if he's just a PITA, wait until the other guy's lease is up and don't renew.

Michael Noto · Answer

@Nick Liddell Put pressure on the friend and maybe if he knows he could potentially not get his lease renewed because of this guy he will do the work for you and faciliate getting him out.

My guess is the friend is either letting him stay there because he has no where to go or the evicted tenant is taking advantage of the current tenant. Either way what you don't want is for the tenant to leave for some reason and then you are stuck with the evicted tenant as the sole occupant of that apartment.

Nathan Gesner · Answer

Does your lease limit the amount of time a renter can allow guests? My lease says guests can only stay 14 days in any 6-month period. Your lease should have a limit. Even if it doesn't, there may be something within the law that you can use to define how long the guest can stay.

I would contact the friend and put them on notice that you are aware of the situation and don't appreciate it them harboring the bad tenant. If he keeps the "guest" much longer, you'll evict them both. That might be enough to scare him to move out.

Dennis M. · Answer

@Nick Liddell

Get time stamped pictures of the idiot coming and going . Then put up a notice to correct the issue if that is ignored then evict . It is very difficult to evict on a non compliance of the lease -when the person is paying in Pennsylvania . You may have to wait out the lease then non renew . One way or another I’d find a way to get this moron out !

Evicted Tenant, now “living” in friends unit on the property??

Evicted Tenant, now “living” in friends unit on the property??

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