Tenants Left Property Can’t contact

[Mark Anderson]

Hi I inherited tenants at my most recent rental.

One of the tenants has a lease through June paid December and January rent then let me know she was going to be late on rent submission for February on the 1st of the month.

However after dozens of attempts she has not responded to any of my emails and no longer has her phone number active. After visiting the property she has moved out and disconnected the Utilities.

I provided her with a notice to vacate and changed the lock but have not escalated it to eviction being that she left and the property is not damaged. She did leave some miscellaneous furniture in the unit. I changed the lock on the property and not sure how to proceed from here.

Any best practices. Thanks

[Greg M.]

Originally posted by @Mark Anderson:

Any best practices. Thanks

Best practices is to follow your state and local laws. They vary dramatically from place to place.

Some places it's as easy as dragging the stuff to the street and whatever isn't taken by passerbys, the garbage man will take. Other places you have to store it for X number of days, provide public notice that you are going to dispose of it, auction it off, and remit the proceeds to the government.