Well,
I went to my house today. I met with a real estate agent -- a neighbor friend. She's been a friend for more than 20 years. I asked her for help appraising the house and selling it.
We went in for the inspection. OMG!!!
The house is a freakin PIG STY!!!!
Grossly FILTHY!!! Stepping over crap filthy! Shyte all over the floor; DIRT! Never cleaned; BIG grease stains on my wood floors!!!
I saw NO evidence of a woman and kids living there. No beds in the other bedrooms for the two kids supposedly living there. The main bedroom only has his clothes there.
This is worse than I ever thought.
My friend suggested a few ways to try and get rid of him; all involve going to court. I don't have the money for that, and told her so. The best option is to take the loss and not renew his lease in Sept.
He's now $8,000 in arrears, since he's done almost NO work since moving in. If you recall, he got $1K off the rent each month in return for work, specifically laid out in the lease. He's not doing it. It's been 8 months living there -- that's $8K he owes me. And I'll never see it...
Shalom!