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    angela517 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Aug 23, 2008, 02:10 PM
    Garnishing tenant
    Within the last 6 months I have had 2 tenants move withot paying. Need help filing garnshing their income. How do I get started?
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    Aug 23, 2008, 02:56 PM
    First you have to sue them in court normally small claims will be OK to sue in. Then after you get a judgement, you find out where they work and go for a garnishment of their wages *** assuming you live in an area where it is allowed and if there is min income requirements they are over those.
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    Aug 23, 2008, 03:02 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by angela517
    Within the last 6 months I have had 2 tenants move withot paying. Need help filing garnshing their income. How do I get started?

    You can't do anything with a money Judgment - so go to Court, prove your case, get the Judgment against them.

    I'm sure you know that the Judgment is the easy part; it's collecting from deadbeats that's the hard part!
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    Aug 23, 2008, 07:40 PM
    I'd also like to recommend that you start screening your tenants better! That's not very good odds.

    Are you just renting to anyone who comes along who can pay the move-in costs?

    I have all applicants fill out an application, do a background and credit check, as well as the usual rental history, employment verification, etc. It has made a dramatic difference in my retention of tenants and lessened the amount and severity of problems I have with them.
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    Aug 24, 2008, 07:05 AM
    Hello angela:

    It also might be a good idea to become familiar with your states landlord/tenant laws. We have copies at the top of the real estate page on a "sticky note".

    They ARE the rules of the landlord business, and that's the business you're in.

    excon
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