How long have the GF & family been there? Are they causing any trouble?
Then they are not trespassers, they are TENANTS. After the Holidays (If you want to be a human and not send a woman with kids an eviction notice for Christmas) send a 30 days ( or whatever the requirement is by statute) notice that you are ending the tenancy. This should be sent to all adults & the guy paying the rent.
Thanks for the link. I would not feel bad about evicting them since she and her kids could move in with her boyfriend in his nice 4 bedroom house until she could find other housing. Clearly she cant qualify to rent on her own since he did this on her behalf.
To say I was just as much to blame is not accurate. I had no idea this was the case. I didnt know until I went inside the property to address the repair. Once I noticed his "girlfriend" was the one to meet me there and all belongings were noticeably female, I started doing research on him and found he actually owns a home nearby and the home was refinanced this year and all pictures from his social media are from that home. I dont believe he ever moved in. I believe she would not qualify on her own so he put it all in his name. I dont want tenants with no background check done and they are not taking care of the place on top of that. Not to mention we did him a favor and actually rented below market value since he seemed like a great tenant. I'm not sure why he would do this also, don't see how it benefits him. If she is still his girlfriend I don't know why she doesnt live with him.
Believe it or not some people still choose to not live together until they are married.
They have a kid together and supposedly got together in 2012, I highly doubt thats the case.
And yet, despite having his own home, he chose to rent an apartment for her rather than ask her to live with him.
Yep, that is what makes me think they may not be together anymore. Im wondering if they broke up and she couldnt qualify on her own so he said I will rent in my name if you just get out.
It doesn't matter legally what his reasons are.
So your tenant is like 89% of tenants. (0.1% are "OK", and like 9.9% are outright thieves, if you believe landlords.)
I would disagree with that statement. I have other properties and the tenants are wonderful. They didnt lie on their application and take good care of the property and pay on time. I would not say that 89% of tenants never move into the place and have others take it over. Also you are missing 1% in your equation. My concern is more from a standpoint that the people living there are not on the lease meaning they are not bound by the terms of the lease. I cannot hold them accountable as I dont have an agreement with them.