Has anyone had to go through evicting a tenant during their last month?
Yes
Was it difficult to collect? Did they dispute it?
Yes and it cost me in total about $9800 with legal fees, constable, changing the locks, hiring an administrator, hiring movers, hiring an insured bonded person take inventory and then having it all boxed and moved into storage which I paid for too. On top of which I had to make lots of repairs and could not start until I had their pit bull removed. If any workers got bit, I would have been on the line, but it took 3 weeks to get that dog picked up - all the shelters, and dog humane society kept making appointments and never showed up. BTW - the pit bull was a surprise to me! Big lesson learned.
yes, and when people try to pull that “take it out on my secuirty deposit” crap, I hit them with a 3 days pay or quit on the 6th day of the month and file unlawful detainer on the 10th.
Most of the time the 3 days or quit notice knocks them into line. I also tell them straight out that I will file and unlawful detain action on the 4th day (i.e. they will be in court before then end of the month)
thanks…hoping that works.