[Sable99]

You might have a problem evicting your tenant. This is what happened to friends of mine in Virginia.

My friends bought a larger condo in the same building. Since the market was down at that time, they decided to rent their old condo to a teacher. The teacher was only in the condo a couple of months when she broke her leg and stopped paying rent. Even though she had a lease, they couldn't evict her because she claimed she had a disability. The teacher stayed at their condo another two years without paying rent. They had to gut their condo by the time she finally moved out. Luckily, by that time, the market turned around and they were able to sell the condo. If I remember right, it was a Federal law that prohibited them from evicting her. In northern Virginia, people liked to rent to people in the military because they knew they would get their rent money!

I rent out my home in The Villages and I think about Hugh and Regina's story every time I get a new tenant!