Tenant keeps changing his mind about renting

[Mary Jay]

A tenant in one of my rentals moved in 2 months ago. A week ago he told me that he has to move back to his home state that he came from, and this weekend he moved out. My handyman helped him to move out. Yesterday this tenant tented me asking how am I doing informing me that he is actually staying and will fulfill his year long lease. Later on today he texted me again and said he decided to move  AGAIN back to his home state due to his father's illness...

Is there a way to get him out? Or since we signed the lease I am trapped and have no choice but deal with his mood swings (moving/staying)?

[JD Martin]

I would more or less ignore it unless he abandons the property or doesn't abandon and quits paying rent. Beyond that, whether he is coming or going in his mind makes no difference to you. The only important things to you:

1. Rent paid in full, on time.

2. Property not damaged/abused

3. Property not abandoned.

The rest of it is noise. Always tune in to the signal.