Eviction Court Here We Come
In a previous post, I wrote about the fact that there was a smell of eviction in the air at one of my rental properties. Subsequently, I did file for eviction and the tenant proceeded to file an answer to my suit by depositing some, but not enough, money with the court, no doubt in an effort to buy herself some time.
This tenant in question has been totally stonewalling me on the rent while we wait for a court date. By the time we get to court next week, she will owe approximately $1200 in total.
In my opinion her so-called defense will consist of crying “poor” to the court in an effort to obtain mercy from the judge. From my experience, the court DOES NOT consider itself a social worker and tends to stick to the letter-of-the-law.
We shall see….
In the mean time, I posted a “notice of inspection” and performed that inspection. I found that she had not done any maintenance on the property as is her responsibility under the lease, like changing the A/C filters for instance. And that’s not to mention the broken window, torn bug-screens and damaged patio door.
After that, I sent her a “notice of non-compliance” pursuant to a part of the Florida state landlord-tenant code which, if she fails to comply, I can use to evict her.
It’s interesting to me that some tenants think that they can do w-h-a-t-e-v-e-r they want and get away with it.
The good news is that there’ll be another post next week on this situation so you won’t have to wait another month for a post. 
With tenants not paying rent, etc. The money has to come from SOMEWHERE to pay the mortgages on these rental houses…so that’s what I’ve been doing during that time.
