 Late Rent (by Zaire [GA]) Sep 9, 2016 12:46 PM
 Late Rent (by Zaire [GA]) Sep 9, 2016 12:49 PM
Late Rent (by plenty [MO]) Sep 9, 2016 12:56 PM
Late Rent (by Zaire [GA]) Sep 9, 2016 1:03 PM
Late Rent (by plenty [MO]) Sep 9, 2016 1:14 PM
Late Rent (by Landlord ofthe Flies [TX]) Sep 9, 2016 3:11 PM
Late Rent (by Zaire [GA]) Sep 9, 2016 4:14 PM
Late Rent (by Vee [OH]) Sep 9, 2016 7:07 PM
Late Rent (by GKARL [PA]) Sep 10, 2016 6:09 AM
Late Rent (by plenty [MO]) Sep 10, 2016 6:18 AM
Late Rent (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Sep 14, 2016 6:50 PM
Late Rent (by Zaire [GA]) Posted on: Sep 9, 2016 12:46 PM
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Hello. I have one rental property, a single family home in a rural town in Georgia. I have been renting out the property for 10 years now. The current tenants have been living there for 7 years. They have a month-to-month rental agreement. In the first year, they got behind on rent and we allowed them to use a payment plan to catch up. After that, they asked to pay rent weekly. We did a trial run for 3 months and it worked okay for everyone and they continued to pay weekly all these years. We never changed the rental agreement to reflect that though. Here's my problem: Within the last four months or so, they've started just not paying some weeks. I send a letter advising them to pay within 3 days. They pay, but by then the next week's amount is late, and round and round. I want off this ride. Any advice on the best way to proceed? Thanks in advance!
--74.176.xxx.xxx |
Late Rent (by Zaire [GA]) Posted on: Sep 9, 2016 12:49 PM
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I forgot to add that I'm concerned that accepting the weekly payments without a rental agreement that reflects that payment schedule may be considered accepting partial payment, which would not allow us to evict them. --74.176.xxx.xxx |
Late Rent (by plenty [MO]) Posted on: Sep 9, 2016 12:56 PM
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Do u want to keep them ? --66.87.xx.xx |
Late Rent (by Zaire [GA]) Posted on: Sep 9, 2016 1:03 PM
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I just want them to pay regularly. lol. I don't know. I dread the hassle of eviction, but am starting to think it may come to that. I admit I feel for them, as they are a young family and have always seemed to try really hard to keep up until now.
When I called and spoke with her, she said that everything was fine they were just having a problem with the "mail man" and they check was in the mail. Of course it wasn't. And being lied to repeatedly is frustrating. I no longer feel that they are trying. --74.176.xxx.xxx |
Late Rent (by plenty [MO]) Posted on: Sep 9, 2016 1:14 PM
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For a seven year tenant i may try and help in someway. Are they helping themselves by working ? They may embarrassed to tell u they truth of what's really going on. Do you think they will get thru this bump in the road or perhaps they need to find a cheaper unit to rent and move ? It's easier to start over without an eviction. Is call the person you have the most repore with and ask some honest questions. Like do they want to live there? --66.87.xx.xx |
Late Rent (by Landlord ofthe Flies [TX]) Posted on: Sep 9, 2016 3:11 PM
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Send them formal notice of terminating the current lease by X date, then give them the option of a new lease with the rent payment method they prefer, but requiring them to use an auto check draft service like clearnow.com, or give them the option of moving out by that date.
How behind are they? --99.125.xxx.xxx |
Late Rent (by Zaire [GA]) Posted on: Sep 9, 2016 4:14 PM
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I did try to approach her with a kind, open offer to listen and help. However, maybe I didn't ask the right questions. I would like to see them succeed.
They are only 2 weeks behind right now. Terminating the current lease is a good idea. That would allow us to clear up ambiguity around the payment schedule. And I really like the idea of requiring bank draft. I had offered an online payment option previously but they had declined.
Thank you both for your input. --74.176.xxx.xxx |
Late Rent (by Vee [OH]) Posted on: Sep 9, 2016 7:07 PM
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After a study of your local and state tenant laws create a new lease with optional payment cost for 2 weeks or weekly and mention that you want to make it a 6 month lease (so you can raise the rent in the springtime), get a new rider for the merry-go-round. --76.188.xxx.xxx |
Late Rent (by GKARL [PA]) Posted on: Sep 10, 2016 6:09 AM
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They're on a m2m so that should make changing things real easy. I'm sure that your pause is the fact they've been there seven years as you'll probably need to update the place to re-rent. Far better to keep them in there if you can, but let's face it, good tenants can go bad and sometimes you have to cut it. The good thing is with the weekly, they're only a couple of weeks behind. Are you hitting them with late charges? --207.172.xxx.xxx |
Late Rent (by plenty [MO]) Posted on: Sep 10, 2016 6:18 AM
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for a couple i wanted to pay on time, I increased the rent by doubling it and then gave them the same in a rent discount each month if paid on time, an incentive to pay on time. They were month to month, gave 30 day notice of change. For this family I would (if your state allows) forgive the last two weeks rent. Give them written notice starting Oct 1st, 2016 their rent is X paid on X date. Sign or move by Oct 1st (happy clause) Yes, I 'd give them all of Sept to get it together or move. If you have deposit perhaps you still could take pass due rent of that, in my state I could. I'd give them the gift of time to regroup, there must have been something that happened to change their ability to pay,,, large car expense? change in job? health expense? Something changed? if the month of Sept, the time of Sept doesn't change then on Oct 1st I'd give them 30 day notice to pay or quit or move. just let them go. --184.206.xxx.xxx |
Late Rent (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Posted on: Sep 14, 2016 6:50 PM
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use the Rad Pad app or ACH service from their bank. You need to automate your systems.
Vacancy isn't your friend........work with your long term tenants. You are the trainer......and you are allowing them to pay late. So get a lease from your local apartment association and get everything in writing --24.239.xx.xxx |
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