Tenant went from a mental hospital to jail.

[Steve F.]

Long time reader, first time poster here.

I’ve had people die, become drug addicts, and just leave… But, this is a first.

Here’s the background... In the last 4 months, one of my tenants went to a mental hospital 3 times, and jail twice. Said tenant has been residing in out of state jail for the last 2.5 months, with no indication of anything changing. I am in contact with the tenant’s parents, they have been paying rent, but obviously this is not ideal for them and can’t do this forever. They are trying to gain power of attorney, but after 2 months have not been able to, even though tenant is pleading insanity to some charges. Tenant that is in jail has a partner that is on lease - partner has since moved out, and written me a letter to break lease. Tenant has a past of theatening both me and her partner, (grounds to evict) however, I can no longer prove this as I lost text messages documenting it. 

Tenant that is in jail’s parents live out of state and would like to collect her things in two weeks.

Just throwing this one out there to see what people think…

[Matt Crusinberry]

@Steve F., One of the few things that come to mind is that you may want to tighten up your screening process. However, that is not taking away from the one's that slip through the cracks. I wish you the best of luck with this situation!