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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, there is "no jumping the gun" when it comes to evictions for late payment.

The art is to make the process as "friendly" as possible for the tenant. When I was at the courthouse for my hearing, I saw plenty of management companies talking with plaintiffs and working things out. This can happen simultaneously with the eviction process. Meanwhile, the 5-Day Notice and Summons for Unlawful Detainer can be completed for under $100.

If the case gets settled at any time between the five day notice and the probable 40 to 45 days to the hearing, then great! No harm done.

But a lot of harm can be done to the landlord financially if they wait months to start the eviction process.

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Exactly right. Basically the landlord can stop the process at any point, even the day the sheriff turns up for eviction. What's important is to _start_ the process, since it can take weeks for the gears to turn in the county.[/quote]

But the key is for the landlord to want to resolve the issue and not boot the tenant.

My view is to follow the above advice and remain agnostic about the outcome. If the tenant pays up and pays fees, fine. If not, keep the process moving along.

The risk of going full on fight is that your house could be utterly, utterly trashed. Happened to a friend of mine who went hard on a tenant who had nothing to lose. All of the appliances were broken, copper wire taken, and the entire place was trashed. Cost him 25K to just turn the damn place around.

I'll take an intact house with late rent or a tenant leaving on their own over booting them.[/quote]

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