How do you get rid of a bad renter?

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[–]Node 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Make the house unlivable for her. Make her desperately want to be somewhere else. Then offer to have all her stuff hauled to storage, and pay a few months rent in advance.

I am considering, for the first time, hiring an attorney.

Hire some thugs, but discreetly. Do this after the storage offer, so she sees an option to get out.

[–]Zapped[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Supposedly she has an old family home to go to, but her deceased father had hoarded that one, too. I also heard that a cousin has cleaned it out so I maybe it needs major repair before she can move in. I have offered free help removing trash, packing her stuff up, and moving it to wherever she wants for free. She declined the offer and then cut off all communication except for a pro bono attorney that she stopped communicating with after a couple of weeks.

I wonder if no water, due to a random water pipe breaking, would speed up this process.

[–]Node 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Be careful with utility shenanigans. Courts often heavily frown on that.

Losing water doesn't sound like enough of a hardship for this one. You might just end up with one of those Landlords Nightmare bathrooms, as plenty of pics have been posted about the worst tenants ever.

Is there any kind of 'landlords association' in your area you could ask for tips? Maybe if you search online for 'how to evict bad tenant in [yourstate]'?

The ways to get her out ASAP are pretty illegal in most places, but maybe you can find 'that one weird trick'.

[–]Zapped[S] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I fear you're right. She hasn't been out of the house in months and has food delivered. Think about it that way, she most likely would add water to her deliveries.