Re: Frivolous lawsuit could tie up house

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On 5/29/05, Bridget wrote:
>> First you need to seek a Real Estate Lawyer, you are looking
> at $400 to $500 an hour, but well worth the money.

Wow, where is this? Here its $150 to $300 depending on "brand
name".

> Than let me tell you it's not easy just to get rid of a
> tenant, have you read tenants rights? they have more rights
> than the Landlords, Tenants are consider poor, while Landlords
> are the rich, heartless people

No, it only seems like tenants have more rights. The fact is the
Landlord has the advantage at all times. Because of that, some
sympathetic Judges look for technicalities to help the tenants.
But if your paperwork is in order getting an unwanted tenant out
is fairly easy.

> To evict a tenant you have to go thru a legal procedure, your
> Real Estate Attorney will tell you how...can be thru Summons
> and Complaint etc., depends on the whole situation

45-days from start to finish if you do everything perfectly.

> notice, the tenants don't come up with an 'Automatic Stay' :(

Again, its only daunting to the Landlord who has never gone
through it, and doesn't want to pay an attorney. Once you've
seen it done and got around it you just adapt.

> I never want to deal with tenants again...he he :)

The one lesson that everyone who Landlords learns is that they
have to be totally business-like to do it longterm. If you slide
on collecting the rent, or late payments, or in doing credit
checks, or in getting your First/Last/Security, etc. in the end
you pay for it, and no one cares about your financial problems.

>
> Bridget