offering different agreement instead of eviction

[Kim in FL]

Originally Posted by STT Resident

Generally speaking the third category is someone like the OP who has essentially been at least temporarily forced into the landlord role and obviously needs help. PMCs are no more "hit or miss" than any other business with whom one enters into a contract and the same due diligence is required to choose one as with any other contractor. The PMCs who I know are perfectly capable of handling evictions and have competent real estate attorneys on hand. Maybe it's different in your area - my experience is limited to the USVI and to the state of Connecticut.

One of the reasons many landlord hire PMCs is so they don't get emotionally involved with the tenants and don't have to deal 'hands on' with tenants.

We use one with our vacation rentals....they save us time, money and headaches.

[STT Resident]

Originally Posted by NoMoreSnowForMe

Anyway, I think you are plenty capable of continuing on, and would encourage you not to buy into the "you obviously don't know what you're doing, so you should give up" line of posts.

Note what the poster said in the first post and before any responses or advice were offered:

Originally Posted by AMB8301

And yes, we will never do this again without hiring a property management company to handle everything!

Originally Posted by Bosco55David

PMCs, as a matter of law, lack standing to bring eviction suits as they are not the owner of the property. Some jurisdictions allow them limited involvement. For instance, in the state of Florida, a property manager may only file for uncontested evictions on the grounds of unpaid rent. Any PMC filing an eviction for a contested action not only lacks standing but is guilty of unlicensed practice of law.

My humble apologies for having been imprecise and worded my response incorrectly. As I said, the PMCs with whom I'm familiar have real estate attorneys to consult with and of course would do nothing either outside their realm of expertise or their domain.

[tworent]

If you give them more time they will just ask for more when the time comes. You said you made mistakes and will not do them again but you continue to make new ones. So 3 months from now you can add not evicting them to that your list.