Dear Property Owners….THANK YOU for taking the tenants I have JUST evicted!~!
I just wanted to thank you for taking the Deadbeats and their 4 children. I know they presented their “prior landlord” as a heartless B-witch and that the property they rented was full of mold; however, the truth is that they were late 3 times with their rent in the FIRST 6 months of their 12 month lease and I had placed them on CERTIFIED/BANK funds only for their FUTURE payment of their rent. I allowed them to pay their December, 2008 rent on the 15th and I agreed to waive their late/notice fees provided they were not late for the remainder of their lease.
When they did not pay their January, 2009 rent on time, I served them with a 5-day pay or quit and filed the unlawful detainer/eviction on them on the 12th of January. They then proceeded to bring up mold, as well as many mis-assumptions regarding the Virginia landlord tenant statutes.
They failed to appear in court; however, they advised the judge via a fax that they would be willing to leave the property in 30 days. The judge awarded me immedite possession and I filed for a writ of possession that same day.
I advised them I would stay their removal by the sheriff for a week so that they could move over the following weekend which is when they contacted YOUR real estate agent and offered to lease your beautiful home. It is unfortunate that your Realtor failed to call me for a reference on them or check the county court website which shows the eviction I had filed. Had your agent run their credit report, they would have noted my inquiry in July, 2008 and that should have triggered a suggestion that they call me directly and verify their story regarding the property they were leaving so abruptly. Had your agent driven by the property they rented from me, he would have seen a 3 year old $350,000 home, much larger than your home and in much better condition.
Again, thank you for taking my deadbeats. If you and your sloppy real estate agent not taken them as residents for your home, I would have had to remove them through the sheriff, gone through abandonment postings for items left at the property and notifications per Virginia eviction rules.
Don’t expect your rent for the next few months. I am having his pay garnished for the judgement for the January rent and I have filed a Small Claims court action against them for the February and March rent.
Wallace S. Gibson CPM *
Gibson Management Group, Ltd.
