Did you have to send him the 10 day or 3 day notice to cure or vacate?

Joe's lease has provisions against this, so I properly serve him a "10 day notice to cure" using a process server ($$).

And it has to follow very specific guidelines, or the court could toss out your case and make you start over.That said — I personally wouldn’t go the nonpayment route unless you want to keep the tenant if they suddenly come up with the money.Here’s why:A nonpayment eviction gives the tenant the legal right to “cure” the situation by paying what they owe — and then they get to stay.A holdover eviction, on the other hand, is all about getting possession of the unit back — whether or not they pay.Since your lease has expired and they haven’t paid anything, I’d go the holdover path — cleaner and more likely to result in them actually leaving.If you really wanted to pursue nonpayment, you’d need to:Serve a 5-day late rent notice first.Then serve a 14-day rent demand (not 10).Then file for eviction if they don’t pay.But again — that opens the door for them to delay by suddenly paying partial rent or requesting payment plans in court, which slows things down.Personally, I’d rather get the property back and start fresh with a better tenant.

In my notice, I gave him option to either vacate the property in 30 days or cure the lease violation and gave him 2 weeks time for curing the violation (removing extra person from the apartment).

Please be aware, depending on how the contract was drafted, they may try to cure the defect in the property or have some grounds to withhold some parts of the money for any fees or expenses thus far.Note: This information is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, tax, financial, or investment advice.

Last fees must be paid in order to cure the default.Yes you can issue notice to cure not paying late fees.Yes after a certain period of time you can refuse payment and proceed with eviction.Thankfully, Florida is very landlord friendly.Find a good eviction attorney and prepare to file, they should also be answering your questions for free.I've done evictions in Florida where my attorney charged me $650, so it's not as pricey as you may think.

I can only imagine they will pay because its almost impossible to find a place to move a 3/2 house in 3 days.If this is the case, I could issue a "7 Day Notice to Cure" due to the breach of contract, which will give them a max of 10 days in total...or maybe I should deliver both together and give them only 7?

Cutting, burning, or poisoning our bodies is not the cure.

I live in CT and couldn't find a "7 day curable notice" form or process so maybe the term which serves as a notice to cure/fix whatever the issue is and the number of days allowed for that is different in by state?  

See the chart from Fair Isaac Company (FICO) below: FICO Score Pct of Population Default Probability 800 or more 13.00% 1.00% 750-799 27.00% 1.00% 700-749 18.00% 4.40% 650-699 15.00% 8.90% 600-649 12.00% 15.80% 550-599 8.00% 22.50% 500-549 5.00% 28.40% Less than 499 2.00% 41.00% Source: Fair Isaac CompanyAccording to this chart, investors should use corresponding vacancy + tenant-nonperformance factors of approximately 5% for Class A rentals, 10% for Class B and 20% for Class C.To address Class C payment challenges, many industry "experts" are now selling programs to newbie investors about how Section 8 tenants are the cure.