how to deliver paperwork to your tenant?

Rehabbing, Fix and Flip, Rental Properties
1

I deliver to their mailbox but one tenant complained, saying
this is illegal. I know this can be minor, but I
Just hope to know how you guys deal with this issue.

Thank you.

2

In the strictest terms, it is illegal to put stuff in someone’s mailbox…it is supposed to have a stamp and be delivered by the letter carrier…

Spend the $0.37 and mail it to them…

Keith

3

Hi donaldshi

  Just to put my 2 cents in.  If the paperwork is some thing that you want to make sure they get i would recomend sending it certified mail.  Then you are covering your self.  Because some tenants can try to just ride.  If its a rent increase or change of any thing then you will know that they get it and who signed for it.  I know its a little bit more but if your getting complant this will solve that and they cant complain about you dropping off paper work.

Hope this help if not sorry
kathy
alaska

4

Thank you guys!
I will learn this lesson.

Happy holiday! :slight_smile:

5

Here is what i do.
Per Virginia law,
The following can deliver notices.

  • The sherriff
  • A certified mail
  • A third party agent with no interest in the transaction.

I drop the sherrif, since it is expensive
I use the certified mail as a parallel, since at times the
tenant will refuse to sign and the mail returns after a month
or so.
I mostly use a friend, that i claim to be a paid representative. He delivers the signed notice with a
timestamp. This has held up in court in the past when
i filed eviction.

I normally print the letter, sign and either fax to him or
scan it and email it to him. Has been ultra fast method
to act and pursue tenant issues.

Oh well, live and learn.

Good luck
-Krish

6

Can you use something like Fedex that has to be signed for or does it have to come through the US Mail system?

7

I am sure that will work, since you can show the judge
in a court of law that you did make all attempts to
deliver the paperwork.

8

Here in Ohio, you can post the info on their door. That’s exactly what I do for a couple of reasons.

  1. It should embarass the tenant if they haven’t paid the rent or otherwise violated the lease (although some low income tenants have no pride and aren’t affected). Those that are embarassed may be motivated not to have that happen again.

  2. After I tape the notice to their door, I take a picture of it on the door (as proof), although this is not normally needed in court.

  3. The tenant doesn’t have to do ANYTHING to have been served. They don’t have to sign anything and they don’t even have to be home!

  4. All the neighboring tenants see the notice and therefore discover that the landlord will take action if the tenant violates the lease. Therefore, it serves as deterrent to bad behavior by other tenants.

Obviously, be sure that this is legal in YOUR state. I’d almost bet that it is not legal in some of the more left-leaning states.

Good Luck,

Mike