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My tenant has a verbal Month to month ;ease with us. She has lived here for two and half years. First in the last ten months she has paid her rent after the 15th of the month. We told her we could not do that anymore and she when insane, yelling and writing threating letters. Our 3rd floor tenant said that the commom upstair hall was fill with garbage and junk. We ask 3 x''s and the wroteher still nothing.

Submitted: 680 days and 17 hours ago.
Category: Legal
Value: $15
Status: AWAITING CUSTOMER ACTION
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She has cause Structural damage the House Dept has fine us, but stated we were not informed her kid pulled off tile so shower was run into the outer wall and cause 150,000. structural damage. Now she want to break her Month to month 1/9/08-2/9/08 and as yet to pay 1/2008 at all. Month to month means 1/08-2/08 We we friends with her and did not take a deposit. She has become belligerent and has even written that she pays her rent after the 15th. I think we will have to get estimates and submit it to homeowners and have them go after her?? She leaves her kids on days off from school, summer and weekend for 9-10 hours at a time. She leaves a 5:00 am while her kids are sleeping. Things have gone crazy all at once. The only reason I took the late rent at first (2 months) without complaining, was Montclair is very expensive and she said she would lose her children. I am very ill, with RSD and Autoimmunity problems. So it seemed like some money was better. We have worked nine long years to redo our Victorian house that is 108 years old. How am I going to get 150,000. out of her if I can get $1000.00 rent ( Which) I lowered from 1400. to help her. Sk8Mom

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Dear XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX,

I am sorry to see you in this situation. But you have non choice now. You must hire an attorney and do the following:

1. Complete a written lease, informing her that effective with February 1, she will have to have signed lease, which will require one months rent for deposit, and failure to sign the lease will result in eviction. If you and your attorney do it right, the lease notice will serve as the first notice of eviction.

2. Then serve her with an eviction notice, using he NJ eviction process.

3. Concurrently sue her in superior court for the 150,000 damages.

 

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Expert: Ed Johnson
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