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To kick out a tenant you first must give them a Notice of Termination.

You can kick tenants out who are on a month-to-month lease simply by giving your tenant 30 days’ advance written notice. The form is called a 30-Day Notice.

First though, you need to check your local laws. For example in some cities in California, the following special rules apply to 30-day notices:

1 – Subsidized housing programs may limit allowable reasons for eviction, and may require that the notice state one of these reasons.

2 – Some rent control cities require “just cause” for eviction, and the landlord’s notice must state the reason for termination.

3 – Some reasons for eviction are unlawful. For example, an eviction cannot be retaliatory or discriminatory.

Forms very from state to state but there are basically three types of Notice of Termination forms you use, depending on your circumstance, to kick tenants out.

1 – Pay Rent or Quit notices: This notice is given to a tenant who hasn’t paid the rent. The Pay Rent or Quit notice tells (more…)

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On an unrelated inspection of a unit in my apartment building, I found that a tenant’s cat scratched up three out of the four posts on my deck. If I have my maintenance guy come out and sand it, the posts will have a bad angle on them and look terrible. I am of the opinion that I need to have the posts replaced. Replacing the posts would be very expensive. My maintenance guy would have to take the entire deck apart. What should I do?

Bill the tenant for the damage. It was his cat that caused it. You did charge a pet deposit when the tenant moved in, right? Tell the tenant that (more…)

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