Have a problem with how to handle a delinquent tenant who I’ve posted about before. Basically, as of today, he still owes me July and August rent (about $4,400). For a while he was non-communicative, but lately he has been communicating and making rough plans to pay me. The problem is he breaks every one of these promises and still hasn’t paid. His lease ends on September 15. He has made references to him honoring it and moving out. He has not come right out and said I’m leaving, but has alluded to looking for another place. I have also managed to get inside the unit, and he has not taken very good care of it. The damage done is definitely greater than the security deposit. I feel like this guy is walking all over me, and am at the point where I am seriously thinking about having my lawyer write a 72 hour demand letter for the $4,400 he owes me for July and August rent. Ok or terrible idea? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Have a problem with how to handle a delinquent tenant who I’ve posted about before. Basically, as of today, he still owes me July and August rent (about $4,400). For a while he was non-communicative, but lately he has been communicating and making rough plans to pay me. The problem is he breaks every one…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7012,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-47644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landlord"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/08\/collecting-rent\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Collecting Rent","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/08\/collecting-rent\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/08\/collecting-rent\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Landlord","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"deepBTUz"}],"creator":["deepBTUz"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-08-17T10:14:56Z","datePublished":"2010-08-17T10:14:56Z","dateModified":"2010-08-17T10:39:48Z"},"rendered":"