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[quote=Anonymous]Landlord here. I think a few bad apples (tenant-wise) spoil it, and those tenants know the system and move around a lot = lots of landlords get exposed to them. I base this off conversations with other landlords while in Landlord-Tenant Court trying to get judgments against tenants.

In my case, it was a SFH in Bethesda that rented for $3k+. Even at that price, the tenant wrote bad checks numerous times, and then once I insisted on cashier's checks, he still didn't pay. He knew the system. In MoCo, it takes 4 weeks to get a court date after rent is late, then 10 days for the eviction notice, then 4-6 weeks to have the eviction done. If the tenant pays _just_ the amount from that judgment, up to the day before eviction, the eviction is off.. even if all months since then of rent are still unpaid.

They know this and work the system. Eventaully it catches up (you can only pay your way out of 3 eviction orders in 12 months before it's automatic eviction), but if a tenant works it right, they can get at least 3 months of free rent out of you. It's not worth suing a tenant with no assets -- line up behind all their other creditors.

At the same time, I"ve had great tenants as well, who paid the rent on time and alerted me to any problems. I always corrected them within days (even for the bad tenant -- because they can otherwise stop eviction proceedings if the place is deemed unlivable).[/quote]

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