Can a landlord evict someone for being $100.00 short on their rent for the current month? Here's my situation?
"I don't understand what her problem is " Imagine that someone took your purse and removed 100 bucks, then they told you "Hey I borrowed 100 dollars from you, I was sure you would not care if I took your money. I will pay it back sometime." This is exactly what you did. You stole her income, keeping it against her will. As if she doesn't have bills of her own to pay. You keep saying that keeping her money is reasonable. Landlords should be there to loan money to people during tough times. I have no idea why you think landlords, yours included owns a money tree, but they do not. They are not your private banking service to give you loans without even asking. It is possible for you to be evicted, non-payment. However, it is not probable. You have her money and it costs money to evict someone. You handled this badly. You obviously feel entitled to her money, and it sounds as if she resents that. Most people would resent even adult family members feeling entitled to their money, taking $100 is a big deal. You should have asked her first if it was OK to keep her money to pay your other expenses, common decency would have no resulted in her wanting to evict you.
Can my Landlord evict me because I pay rent 2 weeks late?
Well, ..., you might want to try some free legal advice from a lawyers association in your town because local laws pretaining to rent and eviction vary by locality. However, typically the lease will spell out the terms of eviction. Generally being late on the rent is not terms for eviction. The landlord can penalize you by adding a late fee but generally if you're late you can't be evicted. Again. that, however, depends on your local laws that may not be spelled out in the lease. So you need to check that out. Where I live, you have to be 60-90days out before you can be evicted and then the sheriff shows up at your door and throws you and your family out. However, personally I wouldn't chance it. You guys need to make sure it is never late again. When it comes to prioritizing payments use the law of 4 squares. House, Groceries, Utilities, and Transportation. Those 4 must come first everything else is secondary. That doesn't mean that you don't pay the others it just means that you need to set aside the money for those 4 first. If the others are late they can only damage your credit they can't take your house or you ability to get to work.
For what reason would a landlord want the rent in cash only? It's not us, could he be trying to avoid the IRS, or child support, or some other shady business?
Naturally, as a landlord, I love the way this question is formed. We get automatically accused of everything, so why not throw out IRS tax dodging and child support just for fun. Add in “shady business” if we deal primarily in cash.A better question would be, “What do landlords do with the money once it reaches their stinking, filthy hands? Do they buy drugs and hookers?” I use much of mine to buy new devices and implements destroyed by godawful tenants.So please know the malformation of this question with embedded accusations in tow is duly noted.I’ll tell you why I “prefer” cash, and it has more to do with “you - the general public” than “me”.First, landlording (at my low level) is a very low margin business. People think we’re getting rich and fat, and large scale developers with substantial investment portfolios are. I’m just getting fat, but that’s another set of personal issues altogether. :-)Cash is the only form of payment which does not impact margin.Every other form of payment has an associated cost, some substantial.Accepting credit cards is madness for monthly rentals, as the processing cost either has to be absorbed or passed somehow onto the customer. I don’t want the hassle. Hotels can enjoy all of that, I don’t want it.Checks are not only an anachronistic method of payment, they get extremely costly when someone hands you a worthless piece of paper with their signature. That’s what a check is. It’s a promise. Come meet some of the people I deal with and tell me how many of their promises upon which you’d stake anything.This leaves digital options, also with percentage costs. When you take a small percentage of a monthly rental, multiply it by the number of units you operate over the course of a year - the final processing cost number can be noticeably obscene.All this said, if you find another method of payment which is 100% reliable*, cannot bounce and has no additional cost attached - please notify me immediately.* Counterfeit bills are a possibility, yet rare. I’ve not taken any in 11 years.
If I skip my last months rent, can my landlord sue/file eviction on me, or are they legally obligated to use my deposit before that?
Absent specific contractual terms, I don’t believe that your landlord is going to be obligated to engage in self-help and use your deposit (which is insurance against apartment damage) as a de facto final rent check. There are certainly landlords who do this (I once rented a house that was being remodeled after I left, and my landlord took the security deposit in lieu of a final rent check because adhering to the literal terms of the lease was pointless), but voluntarily agreeing to do something is different from being legally obligated to do something.The truth is that you have almost certainly breached your lease. Your landlord is entitled to a set number of monthly payments plus a security deposit, so your failure to pay your rent as agreed is a problem. As a practical matter, considering that your landlord is holding a month’s worth of rent, it would be difficult to see how she could claim to be damaged (assuming your claim of no damage to the apartment is correct), so it’s likely not worth anyone’s time to bring a lawsuit. However, you describe the landlord as a “notorious slumlord,” and generally speaking, slumlords tend to be a litigious group, that is, the kind of people who will bring the occasional weak lawsuit in order to scare other people into compliance or prevent them from asserting legitimate claims. A lawsuit brought against you would be time-consuming and expensive, and could have a long-term impact on your creditworthiness. It’s not a risk that someone in your situation should likely be willing to take.Your offer of compromise was reasonable, and I think your landlord is being ridiculous, but unfortunately, your landlord has the right to be ridiculous. I’d pay my rent and then work like hell to make sure my deposit was refunded in full ASAP if I were in your shoes.
Can a landlord evict me because my boyfriend lives here?!?
To answer your question, your landlord may evict you if you are in violation of any rules and regulations written in your tenancy agreement. Please note the rules and regulations must comply with state tenancy law statutes. In other words she cannot enforce rules if they cannot be backed up by tenancy law. I say this because it does not sound reasonable that a "guest" is only permitted to stay for a max of 3 days. Generally 2 weeks is the norm but this varies from state to state. However, the issue here is that your boyfriend is living with you. If this is the case then in most cases you are required to let the landlord know this. This is for security reasons as well as for other reasons. The landlord needs to know who are regular residents in the building as this improves security. The landlord may also need to know because in some instances rent is determined partly on the basis of the number of occupants. Also in many states there are restrictions on how many residents can live in a suite. Your boyfriend may not necessarily be required to sign the lease agreement. For example if he is disable the landlord cannot refuse him from living there because he is unable to work due to a disability. In such a case his name needs to be included on the lease as an occupant. Note: Generally landlords are satisfied when they are informed that a tenant will be having someone move in provided the prospective tenant moving in is approved. A landlord would normally do a credit check and background check [criminal, previous addresses etc.].
As a landlord, when do you consider evicting a tenant even though you are aware that they will have nowhere to go?
When they abuse your trust and property. I’ve worked with tenants who have been out of luck and deals can be cut. When people try your patience then the lay of the land changes.My wife has a grumpy middle aged git for a husband, but at least he’s practical over the folks who are having a bad time in their lives. For those who take the Mickey, she gets free legal.I’ve come back to properties and there have been kids who have scrawled on the wall, foot marks on the ceiling, broken furniture, cigarette burns in the carpet (non-smoking!!!), stuff dumped in the house, broken doors and all manner of crap that would make a calm person’s blood boil.I then go to court and they can’t be bothered to turn up and have sent some sob story by email. The judge and myself chew the fat for half an hour and then I walk out with award and full costs.One character had his rent guaranteed by his mother who then got the court letter drop on her door step. She rang me to tell me that she was a magistrate and knew all about the law. Anyway, still got a photo of the bankers draft she sent to settle the case.This might sound a bit aggressive and maybe arrogant, but those homes are often someone’s retirement plan. It only takes a couple of malignant spongers to mess that all up. The people who want to do that are knowingly attempting to rip people off and it’s not my job to put a roof over their head if they value their social pleasures and lifestyle over more than a place to live.
Does a landlord have to give you a reason they are evicting you?
My bf and I have been at the same place now for 3 yrs, no big problems rent is paid every month on time we don't throw parties ever and we go to bed by 11 most nights. we've been giving our notice?? I asked our landlord and she didnt tell me a reason say she didnt have to. didnt try and fight it we dont want to be here anyways she hasnt liked my bf since day one. I think she may be racist? anyways we found a new place and were just waiting to hear back for our move in date 3 wks past i hadnt heard anything so i decided to call myself turns out this lady gave it to someone else without even telling me so we lost 3 wks of looking for another place. turns out our present landlord gave us a really bad review and yet i dont even kno the reason for our eviction no body will say anything ive tried contacting my landlord to ask why she would give us a bad review how are we suppose to find another place if she is saying god knows what about us. we have 2 more months i fear if her words that are unknown to me continue we will be homeless...:( what are my rights as a tenent and what should i say to someone im trying to rent from now?? im so confused about whats going on and scared to death we wont be able to find a home:( were not bad people we mind our business and dont cause trouble so why is this happening