Eviction and late fees

[Kameron Starr]

New to real estate in Ohio as of January 2021. Seeking advice regarding eviction. Long story short, tenant is currently 27 days late on rent and there have been other breaches of contract, such as they got a cat (we called them out and $50 more in rent now) and most recently their son (over 18) moved in without us knowing.. (haven’t brought that one up yet to them..)

I’d like to get them out legally, really so I can get some work done on the house and have a chance to make our lease agreement a little more bullet proof and actually choose the next tenants (this rental property came with someone already..purchased from in-laws)

Before being bold and putting an eviction notice on their door I wanted to check to see if there’s any gotchas I should be aware of? Especially with the ever changing policies related to covid. I also don’t want to pay a boat load in legal fees.. maybe the easier thing would just be to ride out the rest of the year and not renew the lease? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Jacob Sampson]

You are going to want to contact a local attorney who knows the required process for eviction.  You likely have to post a 3 day pay or quit notice and then work through your court system to evict.

Originally posted by @Kameron Starr:

New to real estate in Ohio as of January 2021. Seeking advice regarding eviction. Long story short, tenant is currently 27 days late on rent and there have been other breaches of contract, such as they got a cat (we called them out and $50 more in rent now) and most recently their son (over 18) moved in without us knowing.. (haven’t brought that one up yet to them..)

I’d like to get them out legally, really so I can get some work done on the house and have a chance to make our lease agreement a little more bullet proof and actually choose the next tenants (this rental property came with someone already..purchased from in-laws)

Before being bold and putting an eviction notice on their door I wanted to check to see if there’s any gotchas I should be aware of? Especially with the ever changing policies related to covid. I also don’t want to pay a boat load in legal fees.. maybe the easier thing would just be to ride out the rest of the year and not renew the lease? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.