It’s finally happened, you are out of patience. You have a tenant that either will not pay the rent or is destroying your rental property, or both. After trying to work things out with the tenant, it has become obvious that you are going to have to evict a renter. They must go. At this point you can hire an attorney to handle the eviction process for you or you can handle it yourself. In most cases you will be able to handle the process yourself.

Remember, hind sight is always 20/20. Don’t beat yourself up about this situation or agonize over what you could have done differently. When you have dealt with this tenant you will have an opportunity to do it right by doing an inexpensive background check on your next prospective renter. Best of all, the next tenant will PAY FOR THEIR OWN BACKGROUND CHECK.

E-Renter and The Landlord Protection Agency are two of the very best in the business for providing you, the landlord, with very inexpensive background checks on prospective tenants. It’s simple, you charge your prospective tenant an application fee of $20.00, do the background check; and if you decide to rent to them, refund the $20.00. Could not be more simple.

If you are serious about evicting a renter, the most important thing to do is get yourself organized and proceed with a deliberate sequence of steps which are outlined below. Follow the steps exactly.

The Cold Shoulder

Beginning now, do not talk to the tenant/s via phone or in person, NO EXCEPTIONS! You will make things worse if you do. All communication between you and your renters must be by mail only. You will be tempted to just pick up the phone or go over there. Again, if you do that, you can make things much worse.

Arming Yourself

Nearly every State has a collection of statutes called landlord/tenant laws. Usually this set of laws include language about eviction and what a landlord is required to do if they wish to remove a tenant from their property. For example, in my State, a tenant must be at least ten days past due before a landlord can evict. Additionally, many States require the use of certain forms throughout the eviction process. In fact, the issue of what form to use in which circumstance is a big problem for many landlords.

A couple of years ago I found a great website that gives landlords all sorts of free stuff. These folks will give you free rental forms, a monthly Rental Owners Newsletter, and a list of other free goodies to help you with you rental business. Additionally, they give you a free rental lease form to download and use that is AWESOME. All you have to do is go to MR.LANDLORD and fill out a very short form and give them your e-mail address and POW! you get free landlord tools. I use several of their forms in my business.

Go to the website of the Attorney General of your state and review the landlord/ tenant laws. Don’t worry, it’s not difficult, it’s just a matter of being well informed so that you don’t make any mistakes. Additionally, you can visit TLPA.com for a comprehensive listing of state landlord/tenant laws.

Sending a Message

It’s time to send the tenant a termination notice. Remember, you can’t evict the tenant until after you have terminated the lease. For example, if you are evicting this tenant for non-payment of rent, you need to send them a notice of termination based on the fact they are past due.

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Author Bio: Mr. Kitts has been a landlord for more than 22 years. he handles all of his eviction cases himself. He has never lost a case. Additionally, he has never failed to collect monies owed by an evicted renter. Mr. Kitts is not an attorney. For more information on evicting a renter, please visit us at Evict a Renter

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