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I have a rental home. I have a signed lease with renters. My renters did not pay July or August rent. Mid July, I received a text message from my renter saying they were moving out on August 15th. The term date is October 31, 2009. I sent her an email making sure she was aware that she owed us July and August rent, as well as the payment for terminating the lease early. Today, we were supposed to meet at 1:30 to do the walk through and turn in the keys. We sent her a message saying we were running late. She responded saying she was stuck in Cali; family member was sick. We sent text saying we were going to the house as we had agreed upon to take over possession. We get to the house and it was disgustingly dirty. She still have some things there (nothing really of value; looked like things they didn't want). She did not leave the keys. She also stole our patio set. We let her use our patio set and she took it with her. What are our rights as landlords? What can we do now?
State/Country relating to Question: Nevada Already Tried: I sent a demand for payment letter certified mail. She never got it; the notice from the post office was on the door. I also called a collection company; they are waiting to hear from me.
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You should send a notice to the tenant that you intend to dispose of the property left behind. If she does not respond within a couple of days, you can dispose of it as you see fit.
While the tenant did break the lease, she is not responsible for rent through the end of the lease of you can rerent the property using reasonable efforts. However, she would be responsible for reasonable advertising and administrative costs to rerent the property as well as costs to clean the unit, at least to the state it was when she took possession, except for normal wear and tear. She would also obviously be responsible for the patio set that she stole. You may want to report that to the local police.
You should file a complaint in Small Claims court where the property is located before she has the opportunity to establish residency somewhere else. Once you have a judgment, you can garnish her wages and place liens against her property that is not exempt from attachment.
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We don't know where she is, so should I send the dispose of property letter to my home that she is renting? Should we go through with an eviction since she didn't leave keys? Or, would that fall under the abandonment section of the lease?
No. You do not need to go through the eviction process since she gave notice that she was breaking the lease. I would just sent an e-mail to her regarding her belongings as she has responded to those communications recently. She has basically abandoned the personal property. However, if you end up needing to file suit, it is best to be able to show that you attempted to give her a chance to retrieve her belongings if she wanted them.
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