Can I kick out a tenant on a month to month lease in 10 days? (Pittsburgh: credit check, hotels)

[Retiredcoach]

I don't know if I would add the extra cost to secure a private investigator without first trying to find these tenants myself through the internet. It amazes me what you can find through the various "people searching and investigating" sites (I've used Intellius to track down one of my former deadbeat tenants). If the tenants register anything in their own names at their new address (a car, a utility bill, etc.), these companies can track them down.

As you are moving through the process of evicting and suing these tenants, please be aware, that you personally will be advancing a great deal of money to collect your damages. This is money that you may never be able to collect. You may be awarded this settlement, but this does not mean that these deadbeats will ever be held fiscally responsible. There are so many ways to evade/ greatly delay they're paying the judgment (bankruptcy, relocating out of state), and forcing you to front even more money. Hopefully, all will work out for you, but I would plan a point where I resign myself to the fact that you might be continually spending much more money than you will ever receive back. Good luck!

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by MountainDewGuy

Why do you feel the need to do that?

She is feeling vindictive retaliation and wants to inflict pain so they suffer consequences. Not a wise idea.

[Copanut]

As a landlord, I would suck it up, take the 6K loss, and move on.

[XRiteMA98]

MountainDewGuy, it is illegal for people who moved out of the school district to continue to send their kids to that school. They have to move the kids to the school where their new home is. I pay school taxes in Lebo - quite a hefty sum - and I don;t want people to just take advantage of me like that. So, somehow I feel the school should be notified somehow, by someone. Hopes, exactly, I feel vindictive buy I don;t want to act foolishly. That's why I'm asking here. You guys are my sanity check.

Retiredcoach, I know what you mean. I might not be able to recoup the money but I want the debt and the fact that they damaged a house and left without paying to be on their records. At some point they will need credit for something and I want them to suffer the legal consequences of their actions, even if I don;t recoup the money. And if they declare bankrupcy because they can't pay their debt is fine too.

I'm fine with that. Copanaut, of course I'll suck up the loss but I want them to bear the consequences of their actions, even if I can't get my money back. I'll keep you guys posted and thank you everyone for your advice.

I'll let you know when my lawyer answers my questions.

[I_Like_Spam]

Originally Posted by XRiteMA98

MountainDewGuy, it is illegal for people who moved out of the school district to continue to send their kids to that school. They have to move the kids to the school where their new home is. .

Yes, but they didn't move yet, even though they have an eviction notice.

Once they have an address out of the district, you would have something to tell the schools if you want to. People get evicted, or "midnite move" to abscond on their rent all of the time, but their offspring aren't kicked out of school instanteously.

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by XRiteMA98

MountainDewGuy, it is illegal for people who moved out of the school district to continue to send their kids to that school. They have to move the kids to the school where their new home is. I pay school taxes in Lebo - quite a hefty sum - and I don;t want people to just take advantage of me like that. So, somehow I feel the school should be notified somehow, by someone. Hopes, exactly, I feel vindictive buy I don;t want to act foolishly. That's why I'm asking here. You guys are my sanity check.

Retiredcoach, I know what you mean. I might not be able to recoup the money but I want the debt and the fact that they damaged a house and left without paying to be on their records. At some point they will need credit for something and I want them to suffer the legal consequences of their actions, even if I don;t recoup the money. And if they declare bankrupcy because they can't pay their debt is fine too.

I'm fine with that. Copanaut, of course I'll suck up the loss but I want them to bear the consequences of their actions, even if I can't get my money back. I'll keep you guys posted and thank you everyone for your advice.

I'll let you know when my lawyer answers my questions.

I would do my best to screw up their credit score, but suing them would be a waste of time and money.

[MountainDewGuy]

Originally Posted by XRiteMA98

MountainDewGuy, it is illegal for people who moved out of the school district to continue to send their kids to that school. They have to move the kids to the school where their new home is. I pay school taxes in Lebo - quite a hefty sum - and I don;t want people to just take advantage of me like that. So, somehow I feel the school should be notified somehow, by someone.

Frankly, I would leave the kids out of it. Treat it as a business transaction and try to recoup your losses if you'd like (you probably aren't going to get anything back) but to extend your retaliation to the kids of this couple is going at least one step too far. It sounds petty. These kids must live with this foolish and incompetent couple, are being evicted from their home, and you are coming in to make sure they must leave the school at the same time? Seems a bit harsh and it is none of your business if they still attend the school or not.

[XRiteMA98]

Copanut well, for once I can't turn a blind eye on what they did. I will sue them because I want this on their records.
Of course the tenant planned all this thinking they could vanish and I won;t come after them because well, it is a waste of time and money. I am suing them. It is not fair to me and other landlords out there that people get away with such kind of behaviour.

I searched online but do far no addresses other than mine came up. So, I don;t know, if they didn;t renedt a place yet; maybe they were just depositing stuff somewhere, like a storage unit. According to the eviction note their lease IS terminated and they should be out of the house entirely on sat 23 at 5pm.

I'll search for them on Intellius at that time.

Also, if the lease is terminated and they won;t live in the house staring with Nov 25th, their kids shouldn;t go to that school either. So, somehow the school should get notification because who knows, maybe they move to carnegie or bethel. Close enough for them to be driving the kids to the old school and pretend that nothing happened. That would be illegal IMO.

MountainDewGuy, it seems a bit harsh to me too, but on the other hand I pay taxes there and somehow it doesn't seem right. SO that's why I didn;t do it and I was just asking you guys here what your opinion was.

[SuburbanPioneer]

Originally Posted by MountainDewGuy

it is none of your business if they still attend the school or not.

Umm... I thought that a part of that school district's revenue comes from her property taxes.

In my books, everything that has anything to do with my taxes is very much my business. OPs situation may be different, though.

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by XRiteMA98

Copanut well, for once I can't turn a blind eye on what they did. I will sue them because I want this on their records.
Of course the tenant planned all this thinking they could vanish and I won;t come after them because well, it is a waste of time and money. I am suing them. It is not fair to me and other landlords out there that people get away with such kind of behaviour.

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OK, do what you want. But it will drive you crazy. I had a tenant who pulled the same crap years ago, finally just let it go. Some people are just jerks.

Hey, where are all the people on this board that call all landlords slumlords?