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Old 01-15-2019, 10:51 AM
 
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Get an attorney

Don’t do it by yourself since you seem pretty unaware of the process. You are already months behind.

You can either pay them off or wait 6 months to get the tenant out
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Old 01-15-2019, 10:53 AM
 
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I say offer to pay for their first month rent/security deposit and moving expenses

That’s most likely what it’s gonna cost to hire a lawyer and plus save in time.
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Old 01-15-2019, 03:50 PM
 
Location: Earth
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When you find an attorney, let me know. I want one.


I like to be prepared. I can't seem to find a good eviction attorney.
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Old 01-17-2019, 01:58 PM
 
Location: NY
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This tenant is an opportunist.
Regardless of your personal business,
Tenant has not paid your rent once learning of intent to sell.
Tenant is holding up sale of home.
You need a lawyer.
You need to find if you can hold that tenant accountable
if tenant forced stop of sale because home could not be delivered empty.
If you can prove tenant paid timely by receipts and is purposefully throwing
a wrench into the works. That is criminal.
It is time to get a lawyer.
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Old 01-17-2019, 06:11 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn New York
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if your selling the house the tenant has to vacate. Hire an eviction lawyer. Only a lawyer that handles evictions, trust me, he will get them out.


after so many months of non payment, the sheriff will come with a locksmith, they will open the door, and the sheriff is allowed to bodily remove the tenant and padlock the door.


this happened to a house across the street from me, and I gave the owner an eviction lawyers number that I know of.


I saw the whole thing.................an eviction lawyer...then sue the tenant for pain and suffering




DO NOT GIVE THE TENANT A PAY OFF.
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Old 01-17-2019, 07:40 PM
 
Location: NY
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if your selling the house the tenant has to vacate. Hire an eviction lawyer. Only a lawyer that handles evictions, trust me, he will get them out.


after so many months of non payment, the sheriff will come with a locksmith, they will open the door, and the sheriff is allowed to bodily remove the tenant and padlock the door.


this happened to a house across the street from me, and I gave the owner an eviction lawyers number that I know of.


I saw the whole thing.................an eviction lawyer...then sue the tenant for pain and suffering




DO NOT GIVE THE TENANT A PAY OFF.


This is true. Unfortunately this may take up to one whole year with 2 court postponements.
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Old 01-18-2019, 12:15 AM
 
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I say offer to pay for their first month rent/security deposit and moving expenses

That’s most likely what it’s gonna cost to hire a lawyer and plus save in time.

What if the tenant agrees, takes the money, and then doesn't move out?

Like everyone says, you need an attorney. A specialist in landlord/tenant disputes, including evictions.

This will cost you money. But it will cost you more money if you try and do it yourself, screw up, lose the sale on your house, lose additional time, and then finally hire an attorney to fix any additional legal mess you made trying to do it yourself.
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Old 01-18-2019, 01:42 AM
 
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eviction is the only way , it can take a few months in nyc .. we never even went after the back rent . the tenant was recently divorced and fell behind . she had a child .. if we went after the back rent and damages she would have declared bankruptcy . once she does that the sympathetic judges may have allowed her an extra 30 days on your back to get her act together . so we just went for getting her out .
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Old 01-18-2019, 11:48 AM
 
Location: Brooklyn New York
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I dont know if the rules will allow me to put the name and address of the eviction lawyer her on this forum.
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Old 01-18-2019, 12:20 PM
 
Location: NYC
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if your selling the house the tenant has to vacate. Hire an eviction lawyer. Only a lawyer that handles evictions, trust me, he will get them out.


after so many months of non payment, the sheriff will come with a locksmith, they will open the door, and the sheriff is allowed to bodily remove the tenant and padlock the door.


this happened to a house across the street from me, and I gave the owner an eviction lawyers number that I know of.


I saw the whole thing.................an eviction lawyer...then sue the tenant for pain and suffering




DO NOT GIVE THE TENANT A PAY OFF.
It's virtually the same, it's faster if you pay them off. Because bad tenants knows how to game the system they just need to find another sorry landlord before taking your offer.
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