In May 2007, we began renting the upstairs apartment of our newly remodeled duplex to a couple. On their application, they both put "self-employed" and gave us all sorts of verbal details about the work they do. The last payment we received was in July 2007. It is now October and they are three months behind. We have begun the eviction process and they must be out by Oct 29th. In September, the husband fell down the stairs and broke his leg. The stairs do no have hand railing and did not when they moved in. Now, because we have "copped an attitude" by evicting them (HELLO?!!? No payment?!), they have told us to call our insurance because they are suing us for his broken leg. We have maintained the apartment in the same condition, despite their non-payment. In addition, we have been 100% ethical in our eviction process, asking them directly first, then going through the courts.
What should we do in this instance? Do we really have anything to worry about?
2007-10-17
02:20:02
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