My first tenant to skip rent

[Tim V.]

Just venting here as I know you guys will understand

My tenant has gone radio silent. No responses to calls, text, email. Last message from her was shes trying to get rental assistance due to missing work due to the Texas ice storm last month.

Basically just waiting it out until this moratorium on evictions are lifted in Travis County.

My lawyer is sending an amounts due letter to her next week that will hopefully get her attention, since we can not send notice to evict letters at the moment

Thanks for listening 🤦‍♂️

[Nathan Gesner]

Originally posted by @Tim V.:

In case anyone is in my position

Got the eviction trial set for this month. Was able to show multiple lease violations. Since I dont have an FHA loan allowed me to proceed

If you have a tenant taking advantage of the stupid eviction moratoriums you have options. My lawyer was invaluable and got a court date within 14 days of hiring him.

I still got a ways to go but looking forward to putting this BS behind me.

It's a shame that so many Landlords fail to look into their options. I have a sticky post in the landlord forum that includes the CDC form. Look at it and you'll see that even the CDC states Tenants must meet certain requirements to be considered exempt from eviction. If they are not communicating, they clearly are not in compliance.

I highly recommend you have your attorney send a copy of this form to your tenant. If you show up in court and the tenant claims they didn't know / understand the CDC requirements, you may have a tough time. If you can show they were told exactly what they need to do and refused to cooperate, that will help bolster your case.