Help with a delinquent renter

[jbbrown72]

Hello,

I hate to do this, but I'm making one final attempt prior to legal action. I have rented to a reservist who has become a delinquent renter for over 4 months. Rather than evicting him, I was trying to work with him, but it didn't work. Now he is breaking his lease because of deployment. Is there a department of the military that helps out personnel being deployed who break their lease? Please respond so I don't have to take legal action.

[james nipper]

did he give you a copy of his orders if not you dont have to let him out of the lease and you should contact his chain of command and they will make him pay you without legal action.

[Tacky]

Hello,

I hate to do this, but I'm making one final attempt prior to legal action. I have rented to a reservist who has become a delinquent renter for over 4 months. Rather than evicting him, I was trying to work with him, but it didn't work. Now he is breaking his lease because of deployment. Is there a department of the military that helps out personnel being deployed who break their lease? Please respond so I don't have to take legal action.


If there is a Military Clause in your lease agreement (and you SHOULD have one for any military member), you're **** out of luck (as you should be). Make sure he shows you a copy of his orders, though.

As for the deliquent payments, you can attempt to recover those. If you know his unit, you can conntact his CO and speak with him or look up the JAG (Judge Advocate Corps) on the post and see if you can get info from them. I'd suggest not trying to hold him to the term on the lease, however, as they'd be (rightly so) reluctant to help you. The debt collection, however, they will advise you on.

Any attempt to recover more than past due amounts and any applicable late fees is just shady, IMO.

[Exo1]

Good advice from the boyz..... I work in Credit Management (For my sins...) and can tell you that you are entitled to charge Interest under Law in Ireland, and by contract in the US, if its in your contract after trying to work with your debtor to repay the debt back interest free and he pulls a fast one on you, then screw him, go to the military for assistance in getting your money back...

Tacky, Ive seen too many businesses in liquidation/bankrupcy due to bad debt and the attitude of delinquent domestic customers in all cases is "poor me, Ive no money, the've loads".... thats ****e, everybody is responsible for themselves and if they agree to live in a place for $1000 a month, then its $1000 a month, not $1000 when they feel like it.... on average, for every $1 overdue 30 days past payment due date, that business has to solicit sales of $33 to break even..... bad debt is at best a profit inhibitor, at worst the death blow to a business...

[Tacky]

Good advice from the boyz..... I work in Credit Management (For my sins...) and can tell you that you are entitled to charge Interest under Law in Ireland, and by contract in the US, if its in your contract after trying to work with your debtor to repay the debt back interest free and he pulls a fast one on you, then screw him, go to the military for assistance in getting your money back...

Tacky, Ive seen too many businesses in liquidation/bankrupcy due to bad debt and the attitude of delinquent domestic customers in all cases is "poor me, Ive no money, the've loads".... thats ****e, everybody is responsible for themselves and if they agree to live in a place for $1000 a month, then its $1000 a month, not $1000 when they feel like it.... on average, for every $1 overdue 30 days past payment due date, that business has to solicit sales of $33 to break even..... bad debt is at best a profit inhibitor, at worst the death blow to a business...

Couldn't careless about the debt.

Attempting to charge a military member for breaking a lease LENGTH agreement because he has to leave for deployment is shady....and is taking advantage of military members because of their jobs. This is why no one in the military should sign a lease without a Military Clause.

[Exo1]

Couldn't careless about the debt.

Attempting to charge a military member for breaking a lease LENGTH agreement because he has to leave for deployment is shady....and is taking advantage of military members because of their jobs. This is why no one in the military should sign a lease without a Military Clause.

I understand why you wouldnt, but I see both sides of the fence... Soldier on Deployment, yes he should be excused rent to that period of his lease, but this kid has defaulted whilst at home base..... I dont excuse for that at all, he was actually living there, and enjoyed the premises... but doesnt pay the rent... and he should be nailed for it.... its not abusing his military status, its calling him to count for breaking his legal obligations to settle debt like any other bloke!...

[Tacky]

I understand why you wouldnt, but I see both sides of the fence... Soldier on Deployment, yes he should be excused rent to that period of his lease, but this kid has defaulted whilst at home base..... I dont excuse for that at all, he was actually living there, and enjoyed the premises... but doesnt pay the rent... and he should be nailed for it.... its not abusing his military status, its calling him to count for breaking his legal obligations to settle debt like any other bloke!...


Take a second and read what I said again, I said it was perfectly fine to collect on the PAST due payments - but any attempt to collect future payments and/or a lease break free due to his deployment is wrong.

[Exo1]

Take a second and read what I said again, I said it was perfectly fine to collect on the PAST due payments - but any attempt to collect future payments and/or a lease break free due to his deployment is wrong.
We're on the same page then...

[Nightflyer]

dude...You should cut your loss and move on...Learn from it.... Work on getting it rented again to someone better..