Rental Property Investor · Detroit, MI · Member since 2022 · 62 posts · 21 votes
Hi, So I will keep this brief. Long story short I have a tenant that has not paid rent in the new year. Rent is due on the first of every month. We have a court date scheduled for next week and the tenants are trying to get us to collect 1 of the currently late 2 months of rent. I am hesitant about collecting a partial payment. I am not sure if it will reset the eviction process and if so I do not want to risk it. The property is in Battle Creek, Calhoun County MI. Everything online is tailored for the tenant and says it MAY reset the eviction process.
@Bryan H. I believe it will reset the eviction process I wouldn’t accept any payment at this point. If you want them out it would be better to just write off the extra month’s rent as a loss then for them to game the system and to get to start the process all over again time wise.