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Evicting Tenant for Failure to Pay: 3-Day Notice or 30-Day Termination?
Hello,
My folks needs your help. We are first time landlord (not by choice, couldn't sell house).
Info
- House in California (so Tenant Friendly State)
- We allowed this family to rent our house from July 2011-July 2012; tenant signed a one year contract.
- After the contract was over, my folks and tenant verbally agreed to do month-to-month (not the wisest decision IMO); upon reading the contract, the month-to-month clause was not in the contract
- Tenant paid August and September rent as usual but as of today, Oct. 8, has not paid for Oct. rent
- My parents have left several voicemails, emails but no answer; did get a hold of the daughter-in-law (who doesn't live there) and said the tenant would call back asap (no call yet)
Here are
Option 1: 3-day Notice to Evict
Option 2: 30-Day Termination
What should we do? I have fears that if we choose option 1, they made drag this into court and prolong their stay; Or should we just give them 30 days and minimize our losses.
Our Goals/Priority:
1) Get them out of our house asap
2) Minimize any retaliatory damage to the house
3) Get Oct. rent
My folks needs your help. We are first time landlord (not by choice, couldn't sell house).
Info
- House in California (so Tenant Friendly State)
- We allowed this family to rent our house from July 2011-July 2012; tenant signed a one year contract.
- After the contract was over, my folks and tenant verbally agreed to do month-to-month (not the wisest decision IMO); upon reading the contract, the month-to-month clause was not in the contract
- Tenant paid August and September rent as usual but as of today, Oct. 8, has not paid for Oct. rent
- My parents have left several voicemails, emails but no answer; did get a hold of the daughter-in-law (who doesn't live there) and said the tenant would call back asap (no call yet)
Here are
Option 1: 3-day Notice to Evict
Option 2: 30-Day Termination
What should we do? I have fears that if we choose option 1, they made drag this into court and prolong their stay; Or should we just give them 30 days and minimize our losses.
Our Goals/Priority:
1) Get them out of our house asap
2) Minimize any retaliatory damage to the house
3) Get Oct. rent
