[farukbhuiyan]

I Bought a building from auction In PA I also live in PA. I paid all the money of the previous owner lien on the property. Now I am the absoult owner. But the tenants are living there never pay me any rent. I don't have any lease agreement with them. It is more than seven month I own the building. I ask them either sign a lease with me, give me rent or leave the building. But they are not doing anything. Tget keept saying we are leaveing next week, next month- but never leave. I keept paying for water bills power bills my mortgage payments etc. On the other hand they are damaging my buildig day after day. Please advise me What should I do, at this time I don't have enough money to go to lawyer. Please Help me.

[excon]

Hello f:

Evict them - then the sheriff will throw them out. We have a copy of the PA landlord tenant laws at the top of this forum. It will tell you exactly what to do.

excon

[Fr_Chuck]

You seem to have had enough money to pay the electric and the mortgage payments for 7 months?? Seven months?? Ok, you are the landlord, they are the renters, ( OK they don't pay) I would guess over 1/2 of all rentals in the US are verbal, nothing wrote down.
So you have given them a formal written notice to move and they have not. So you go down to the local sheriff office and file for a formal eviction, they hold a hearing, and then after the court hearing, they send a officer down to watch as you sit their property to the curb of the road.

If you are going to own rental properties, go to an attorney, pay them for a hour of their time ( 200 or less) and let them tell you the rules of being a landlord.

[Trisha979]

If you didin't pay the water bills and power bills , I would think they would have to move out... why stop a good thing? Get tough