Eviction Process- New Landlord In St. Petersburg, FLA
i have a tenant living in an efficiency attached to my house where i live whom I would LOVE TO KICK TO THE CURB. i've readup on the 3-day notice, etc.. but am concerned about complications if i go through the judicial process.
he has been consistenly late on payments and have harrassed my life to say the least. i'm done "working with the guy" and want him out ASAP.
does it make any difference if the tenant is "in the same house"? does the process take any longer? at this point we're going month-to-month because his lease ends on July 31... not sure if a lease has any bearing on NON-PAYMENT of rent... please advise, thanks
TS,
I think the simple solution to this problem is DON'T renew their lease ...as it expires at the end of this month...give them a 30 day notice to vacate...in writing...if they refuse ....EVICT!!
The eviction process is the same as any rented property...
...as always,
GoodInvesting, Rocky
tomsawyer:
because your tenancy is month to month you are required to give him 30 days (written) notice of your intent to terminate the lease. If he stays over beyond the termination, you will need to get him out legally. You will want to review Chapter 83, Florida Statutes, for a better understanding of the landlord/tenant relationship in Florida. With that said, it might be better for you, costwise, to simply "sweeten" the deal for the tenant to leave. You can offer him a couple hundred bucks if he leaves by a certain date. It will probably cost you at least $100 just to file the complaint plus another $20 to serve summons so offering him, say $150-200 to just leave, may be worth your while. Sometimes you have to balance your legal right to evict with the cost of doing so and do a cost-benefit analysis. I'm an attorney and although nothing would make me happier then to throw some of these deadbeats out, sometimes it just makes more business sense to let them walk. If they don't go nicely, you don't have to either.