Tips to Implement for a Pain-Free Eviction Process

Even after doing everything right from checking criminal backgrounds, credits and calling previous landlords and references, there's still a chance you'll stumble upon a bad tenant. As a landlord, this can be very frustrating and more so thinking about how to evict this tenant. But to avoid this process becoming messy and costing you lots of time and money, there are several useful tips you should follow.

If you didn't know where to start, here's an outline of useful tips to follow during the eviction process.  

Understand The Eviction Laws
Before evicting your tenant, the first thing to do is going through the eviction laws, which differ from one state to another. Therefore, it's wise to hire a lawyer when drafting the lease agreements for your potential clients to make sure they're willing to adhere to the lease agreement's legal terms and conditions. By doing this, you can be sure that the lease agreement is specific to your state laws.

A great place to get a great template of your lease agreement that guarantees your legal safety would be the US Legal Forms.

Give A Reason For Eviction 
For your eviction case to be successful, you need to have a valid and lawful reason and not that you don't like the tenant. The accepted reasons for eviction include;

• Property damage
• Tenants causing health and safety hazards
• Not paying rent
• The tenant disturbs other tenants' peace
• Tenant violates the lease agreement terms and conditions such as subletting

But make sure to have concrete proof against your tenant to ensure your eviction case is a success.

Give A Formal Eviction Notice 
Notify your tenant in writing that there are required to move out. As you do this, make sure to abide by the state eviction rules and complete all the necessary forms. In this notice, detail the exact reason why the tenant is being evicted and what they can do to avoid the eviction process, such as settling their unpaid rent. You should also include the date of eviction.

This notice may require the tenant to take action within a week, 30-days, or 60-days. If the tenant disregards your notice, go ahead and file this eviction notice with the courts.

Takeaway 
As a landlord, the last thing you want to deal with is evicting a tenant since this entire process is quite daunting. However, it's somewhat inevitable, and to help streamline this entire process, this useful guide has offered you tips on what you need to do.