 tenant abandonment (by Greg [IA]) Feb 20, 2008 1:01 PM
 tenant abandonment (by Dave [NJ]) Feb 20, 2008 1:18 PM
tenant abandonment (by greg [IA]) Feb 20, 2008 1:34 PM
tenant abandonment (by Irish [MD]) Feb 20, 2008 1:40 PM
tenant abandonment (by GVP [TX]) Feb 20, 2008 3:20 PM
tenant abandonment (by tyler [NC]) Feb 20, 2008 4:07 PM
tenant abandonment (by Greg [IA]) Posted on: Feb 20, 2008 1:01 PM
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State Specific Question About: IOWA (IA)
I have a tenant give me a 30 day notice of his intent to move out by the 1st of Feb. Today is the 20th of Feb and his personal belongings are still there. I have no way to get in touch with him as he works out of town but is back on the weekends. I have talked to him before the 1st and he said he would be back on that following weekend to get his stuff but never did. He has not paid rent for this month either. How long do I have to wait before I can rent the apt out again?? Can I go in and clean??
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks --24.119.xx.xx |
tenant abandonment (by Dave [NJ]) Posted on: Feb 20, 2008 1:18 PM
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First I would have the tenant sign a form stating he will be moving out on an exact date. Now you have some proof in your hand.
Second you should always have at least two phone # or more
Cell #
Home #
Work #
emergency #
References #
ect. ect.
This way you have several ways to contact someone
You must at the very lease be there on the weekend to at least see him face to face even if you have to invest all 48 hours to make contack with him because you did not cover your basises in the first place - This is a hard lesson to learn but after today you will be smarter today than yeaterday
What about the rental application.
Plus if you receiced notice that someone was going to move out why didn't you start showing the apartment to prospective tenants while you knew you would have an empty apt in 30 days. It would have been rented for the 1st of the month.
--72.88.xxx.xxx |
tenant abandonment (by greg [IA]) Posted on: Feb 20, 2008 1:34 PM
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Ok, the tenant gave me written notice that he would be out on the 1st of Feb. The phone numbers I had are his cell which is disconnected and the other is his residence that he is moving from.(no answering machine). I can not show the apartment if he is still there. or at least his belongings are there. my question is, how long do i have to wait before i can go in there and start removing the items left behind??? is there a waiting period? He told me in early Jan that he would be out on Feb 1st and its the 20th of Feb now. --24.119.xx.xx |
tenant abandonment (by Irish [MD]) Posted on: Feb 20, 2008 1:40 PM
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You should file in LL-tenant court for unpaid Feb rent right away...and make this a standard policy to use each & every time in the future...file right away, every time..
the tenant still owes for the full month of Feb...
Click on the link at the top of this page for Landlord/Tenant laws to see if your state addresses abandonment..but it sounds like abandonment is not the case, but a case of holdover...I have a lease clause that doubles the rent in holdover cases... --71.168.xx.xxx |
tenant abandonment (by GVP [TX]) Posted on: Feb 20, 2008 3:20 PM
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I would consider this person is in a Holdover status. You should of just waited until the third day (Feb 3rd) of the month then sent him a letter stating he was now in an abandonment status and holding over the property. By the first week of not hearing from him, he would be consider an abandoned Tenant and dispose of all property accordingly.
Now is the time to send a letter stating the property inside of the property is now considered abandoned and have a chairty organization move it all out and sign that you gave it to charity.
Good Luck~
--24.227.xxx.xx |
tenant abandonment (by tyler [NC]) Posted on: Feb 20, 2008 4:07 PM
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as you know..., you need state specific information with how your state views 'tenant abandonment'
have you tried looking up your State Statues on tenant/landlord...
have you joined/contacted a local landlord and/or real estate association... --68.210.xxx.xx |
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