how long does it take to evict a nonpaying tenant? (Chicago: leasing, bad credit)

[Peer79]

Originally Posted by gomexico

Yes. The landlord should strictly follow the notice provisions of the ordinance. And get this started sooner than later, if eviction is what you want to do. ... or threaten. Remember, too, that evictions cannot take place unless the temperature is above a certain level outside ... and with Winter approaching ... time is of the essence. The easiest course of action is to earnestly work to resolve the matter with the tenant ... unless you really want to get rid of the person(s). Legal fees can add-up.

Tenants can still be evicted in winter. See the link.

Illinois Legal Aid | Can I Be Evicted in Cold Weather?

From personal experience, it takes about 4-5 months to from start to end (sheriff's showing up) in Cook County. In fairness to all parties, there are both good and bad landlords, and there are good and bad tenants.
However, it is a lot easier to spot a slumlord with a little due diligence. It is not always so easy to spot a bad tenant.

[ChicagoMeO]

I dont think a landlord is supposed to be running a charity for nonpaying tenants. I think this is probably what Obama would like as a socialist, but I dont think its fair to the other tenants who pay, nor to the landlord who has their own bills to pay. I cant believe these folks who expect unfairly for someone else to take care of them when they are having a prob lem. i mean, if you have a temporary situation and you work something out with the landlord, but you do pay him back if you work out paying your rent a couple weeks late for example. but to go for months as a squatter and take advantage of the law, thats just not right. Thats why people are messed up - when they dont realize their situation puts others at risk. They expect to live somewhere for free. Thats just not right. And then they get mad about it and start accusing landlord of such things as the OP and others posters did.

[Peer79]

My comment was written from the perspective of a landlord trying to select tenants. It was in regards to all of the deadbeats who want to play the system and live somewhere for free, and then claim that the landlord is a slumlord. If the landlord is such a slumlord, that would be evident the first time you walk in the building to look at the apartment.

A landlord sometimes cannot discern who the bad tenant is going to be. The tenants who are good at it are called 'professional deadbeats', they stiff landlords, auto lenders, credit card companies, etc. They have a strong sense of entitlement, and will go through life trying to stiff everyone. It is funny when they go in front of a judge and get dismissed.

[vanessa07v]

Hi everyone im wondering what can i do if the tenant out they where supposed to be out by 10/27/2015 they had till 6:30pm and now is 10/28/2015 11:30 pm and there stuff is still there they took sum stuff out and left it in my front porch accordint to them they will pick it up later.

[NealIRC]

What do you worry about if it's on the front porch? Stuff like that can just be stolen anyways.

I think 30 days is the issue, not 2.

[UnluckyWannaBeTenant]

I have been looking for a condo/apartment for a month now in Glencoe, Northbrook, Schamburg, Palatine area, and then more south-south/west in Lombard, Westmont, Elmhurst etc. with no luck. There are apartments, of course, but my credit is bad because of student loans. I mean it's totally wreaked with a score of 452-457 depending on which credit agency one uses.

My income is not bad, I am a cdl driver/owner-operator, and so I make $6000/month on average, but as soon as the owners look at my credit they run. Now, I offered to pay them the first month and security deposit they ask + 3 months in advance, which they can deduct at the end of the lease, so for a 12 month lease they would already be paid for the 10th, 11th, and 12th month. I also offered them automated payments. No one seems to care about a co-signer, so I gave up on that offer after a couple of tries.

Anyway, when I tell them upfront that my credit is bed due to student loans and make this offer they are at first all honey, but the next day when I give them the documents they need they start backing up again as if it was not the same person I talked to the day before. I am tired. I was just searching now to see how long an eviction would take to understand their reservations, since perhaps 3 months' rent + security deposit might not cover it, but it would seem that that should not be a problem.

Can anyone tell me what in the world is going on? The last apartement I applied for, when I gave her the bank statements (I don't have check stubs--we use electronic deposits), complained that my last month was not looking so good. I gave her a bank statement for the whole 2016, and from January to September (not counting October since I have been looking for an apartment and not working) I had nearly $54,000 deposited into my account. In addition to that, I sold some equipment and deposited an extra $25,000. Of course I bought some and I sold some, so when I gave her the statement, it showed an available balance of $28,000 with an average monthly balance of $12,000. She said my income did not meet their standards. The condo was for $1050/mo + utilities. I was perplexed. If this income does not meet their standards what does? Is she expecting Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to rent her apartment one of these days? But, she is not the only one, I have been turned down five times so far. I mean, I would have offered more advance rent, 6 months or so, but then again, I do business too, and don't want to block so much of my money at once. Then again, if I were to put down so much, I might as well ask for a rent to own kinda deal. Does anyone here have any idea why my money seems to stink so much?

[damba]

You won't be getting a lease with such a poor credit score, unfortunately. Your income would need to be double or triple that before they would look the other way on the credit issue.

Originally Posted by UnluckyWannaBeTenant

I have been looking for a condo/apartment for a month now in Glencoe, Northbrook, Schamburg, Palatine area, and then more south-south/west in Lombard, Westmont, Elmhurst etc. with no luck. There are apartments, of course, but my credit is bad because of student loans. I mean it's totally wreaked with a score of 452-457 depending on which credit agency one uses.

My income is not bad, I am a cdl driver/owner-operator, and so I make $6000/month on average, but as soon as the owners look at my credit they run. Now, I offered to pay them the first month and security deposit they ask + 3 months in advance, which they can deduct at the end of the lease, so for a 12 month lease they would already be paid for the 10th, 11th, and 12th month. I also offered them automated payments. No one seems to care about a co-signer, so I gave up on that offer after a couple of tries.

Anyway, when I tell them upfront that my credit is bed due to student loans and make this offer they are at first all honey, but the next day when I give them the documents they need they start backing up again as if it was not the same person I talked to the day before. I am tired. I was just searching now to see how long an eviction would take to understand their reservations, since perhaps 3 months' rent + security deposit might not cover it, but it would seem that that should not be a problem.

Can anyone tell me what in the world is going on? The last apartement I applied for, when I gave her the bank statements (I don't have check stubs--we use electronic deposits), complained that my last month was not looking so good. I gave her a bank statement for the whole 2016, and from January to September (not counting October since I have been looking for an apartment and not working) I had nearly $54,000 deposited into my account. In addition to that, I sold some equipment and deposited an extra $25,000. Of course I bought some and I sold some, so when I gave her the statement, it showed an available balance of $28,000 with an average monthly balance of $12,000. She said my income did not meet their standards. The condo was for $1050/mo + utilities. I was perplexed. If this income does not meet their standards what does? Is she expecting Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to rent her apartment one of these days? But, she is not the only one, I have been turned down five times so far. I mean, I would have offered more advance rent, 6 months or so, but then again, I do business too, and don't want to block so much of my money at once. Then again, if I were to put down so much, I might as well ask for a rent to own kinda deal. Does anyone here have any idea why my money seems to stink so much?

[UnluckyWannaBeTenant]

Originally Posted by damba

You won't be getting a lease with such a poor credit score, unfortunately. Your income would need to be double or triple that before they would look the other way on the credit issue.

Well, while I may understand some reservation because of the poor credit history, I think my offer was sufficient to give them peace of mind. In the end, they won't be getting paid with credit points but with real money. I have enough to pay them with of the latter, not nearly enough of the former. But what is more astonishing to me is that they do not even attempt to ask for something that might cover their worries. Say, if 3 months advance payments were not enough, they could mention a 6 months advance. Whether I would have agreed with it or not is a different issue, but that they do not even attempt to work with possible renters is just strange to me. It gives me the impression that even if I offered to pay them the whole lease in advance would do no good.

So again, unless I am missing some quintessential unspoken law of this highly complex business, I do not understand why they would even set an appointment to meet with me if I have already told them upfront what my credit score is. Do they expect my credit score to by some miracle get better in the 30 minutes it will take me to make it there? Think of it as I may, I just can't make sense of it. At the very least I am trying to save time both to myself and them, but I am getting the feeling that they enjoy turning people down in person and do not feel right about doing it over the phone. It's just so impersonal, you can't get a feel of the victim. One guy even called my previous landlord to hear him sing my praises and how I never missed a payment and even took care of the house myself, just to rethink it at the last moment and regretfully let me know that money, good references, advance pay, as well as my irresistible handsomeness, none of them mattered when measured against my blackened credit score.

[UnluckyWannaBeTenant]

By the way, one can even become a president of USA after having filed multiple times for bankruptcy, but renting an apartment, well... the standard there is much higher.

[green apple]

Guy's 10 days late and he wants to evict. I usually don't even mail my rent check off until after the first week of the month. LOL