My parents have lawyered up.
We are hoping the tenant doesn’t pay her rent due in first week of May, so we can kick her out at the end of the month. If she pays, the 60 day Notice of Termination takes effect…. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE IS AIMING FOR ! ! Bummer.
Meanwhile, my cousin and her husband are staying with us, all ready to move out at the end of the month. Hubby just graduated from university, and lived at the university dorm but had to vacate after graduation. His family lives in San Diego, Southern California… I guess they’ll have to live with us for 60 more days, he he. This white Italian American husband has to get used to the smell of adobo cooking in our kitchen. ^_^
” Kick her out”… Don’t think we’re heartless. She’s been renting for almost 9 years, and has never, ever paid on time ( almost at the end of the month, rent is due first week of the month, and more often then not, not a complete payment). The rent of $1550 is cheap. The going rate for a small 2- bedroom apartment here in our city is about $1,200 to 1,400 /month. This house has 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a nice swimming pool ( with a cute waterfall, and a slide. ) That $1550 rent just helps my parents out to pay for the house’s $2,250 monthly mortgage. Are my parents profiting ? Do the math.
There’s now a slight change in my perspective towards this kind of stuff. We have a vacation house on Boracay Island in the Philippines. Boracay is a resort island. Anyway, before construction, we discovered there was a family squatting on our property. They wouldn’t leave, and even harassed the construction workers who were already at the site with their hammers and spade…. the squatters , on the other hand, had machete in their hands. ( I leave the scene to your imagination. O_O ) The corrupt “barangay ” chairman suggested that we just pay the family to avoid trouble. We gave them 150,000 Philippine pesos. ( $3,000 ) If you’re Filipino reading this, you know these folks ( squatters/illegal settlers, or to be politically correct, /informal settlers ) feel entitled , right?… like the rest of humanity owes them something. I’m sorry for saying that.
Below is our vacation house. We’re lucky there are South Korean tenants living there whose contract ends in 2020. ( they pay one year advance…Nice ! ) Do you know that 7-bedroom, 4 baths , 4 -level house is just $ 1,500 a month ???? And we’re renting out our house here in the US for $1,550 ! ! Ha ha ha… Housing in the Philippines is so cheap !
Okay, I digress. My point is, my parents are not that inexperienced re rental business. They just don’t know US housing laws.
Anyway, we leave this to the lawyer. My siblings and I are going to help with litigation cost.
Eh. I talk too much. Bye for now, and peace.