Re: tenant at sufferance hasn't paid rent for over a year

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On 2/18/09, -- wrote:
> On 2/18/09, Ronda wrote:
>> a client says he bought an apartment building a couple of
>> years ago and remodelled it. A tenant from the prior owner
>> has remained but not paid rent since. How does he remove
>> this person who he believes pretends to speak very little
>> english when he confronts him to leave or pay rent. This
>> client landlord has also been affected by the subprime,
>> unemployment, and State of California economic woes, so he
>> would like to minimize his legal expenses. He has written
>> and spoken to the tenant to leave many times. The tenant
>> only wants to pay $400 for a newly remodeled 2 BR which is
>> unacceptable to the landlord and says he has no place to
>> go.
>
> Sounds like a hypo. OK I'll bite. First of all he is not a
> tenant at sufferance because a tenant at sufferance is a
> tenant who remains on the property after the lease expires
> and continues to pay rent. This is a straight forward
> eviction case. If a landlord of an apartment doesn't know
> how to follow his state's eviction process he really should
> pay an attorney to learn how to do it because he will likely
> face the same problem in the future as the economy continues
> to deteriorate. See the following .gov site for self-help
> eviction in CA:
>
> http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/other/landtenudforms.htm
>
> Several companies offer eviction process service and will do
> the entire eviction for around $500. Here are some more
> helpful links:
>
> http://fullcountservices.com/lending-services.htm
>
> http://www.expressevictions.com/