All Forum Posts by: Matt N.

Dear Biggerpockets members

A section 8 tenant of mine filed a conversion lawsuit against me claiming I was responsible for her missing belongings worth $100,000. I got a lawyer, she lost the case and I asked the judge for judgement ordering the plaintiff to pay my lawyer fees. I received the judges ruling in my favor today. However my lawyer says she’s not a collections attorney to be able to collect the money from the plaintiff. If someone knows what I can do in order to enforce the ruling and recover my expenses please advise. How about having the ruling put in her credit report? Can this be done? How?

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Thanks all for sharing your expertise. To let you know how my story went.

I got a lawyer in DC and the court hearing was held. The hearing ended with the judges decision that she has already abandoned the property and I can take control of the property. There will be an ad-junction court in March. This tenant is trying hard to rip me off. 

@Nathan When you say she should have been given notice and forced to move, I don't know if your experience has been in DC or other state(s), but I hear in DC it's very hard and time consuming to get a court order that will allow eviction of the tenant by force. If anyone has experience of eviction in DC please share.

Matthew and John thank you for your response. The tenant wants to file lawsuit against me! And asked me for $20k to settle out of court! What can she claim that may conclude with her getting $20k? She says the mold and mildew have caused problems for her. Well she’s responsible for maintenance and well keep of the apartment too. Isn’t this enforceable? John I didn’t understand your point about Code Enforcement. Please explain with an example.

Hi BiggerPockets members, I inherited a section 8 tenant when I bought a house in DC. In October she had filed for an unscheduled Inspection. The apartment failed inspection and I arranged for the repairs to be made but the tenant would not cooperate. She didn’t communicate seriously and did not commit to a timeframe in advance so that I could schedule the repair crew. The time allowed for repairs passed and I don’t know how the inspector made the failing final. This means no rent for the landlord and the tenant has to evacuate. But the tenant hasn’t evacuated and I have lost three months of rent. I want to settle with her with the cash for keys method so I offered her $500 but she said $1,000. Now I have agreed with $1,000 but she says this is not enough and wants to file a lawsuit against me for damage from mildew and water leak! She has already found another place to live but isn’t evacuating my apartment. Some of her stuff are still in the apartment. What do you suggest I do? 1. Throw her stuff on the street and let her go forward with her lawsuit process? 2. Give her $1,000 and have her take her stuff and let her go forward with her lawsuit? 3. Ask her how much she wants and accept it? 4. Do you have any better option?

What are the consequences of renting out rooms without the being a registered multi-family?

@niklas Hey Niklas, You're idea sounds good but needs fine tuning. Getting people together without a main event is not going to make people come. So there has to be either a speech or deal presentation or something else that brings the audience together and allows them to enter discussions about it. How about analyzing deals and not presenting them to sell? That would improve participants skills and a great learning environment.