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hoehater t1_j0vfaye wrote

You’re getting scammed… NEVER pay somebody to leave.

Call the police, tell them your feel threatened and unsafe with them there and demand a no contact order as you feel they may harm you. That’s a quick way to have somebody forcibly removed without any of the hassle of an eviction. Been there done that after my ex wife over stayed her welcome and nearly killed my cat.

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mjarrett t1_j0wpl08 wrote

The unfortunate reality is that the friend is likely a tenant at this point, and the OP thus has similar duties to a landlord.

And yes, it is a scam, and it is unfair. But as landlords, we frequently have to resort to cash-for-keys to get unwanted tenants out. Writing a check to get a tenant out is in most cases both cheaper and safer than waiting out an eviction process while a now aggrieved tenant does everything in their power to punish your home for the next few months.

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[deleted] OP t1_j0wr56x wrote

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mjarrett t1_j0wvf7f wrote

To be fair, back in the "good old days", tenants could also actually afford rent.

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Alwayswasalwaysis t1_j0w6shc wrote

How did gou handle the who Tennant protection part?

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hoehater t1_j0w7lr9 wrote

For me it was a DV case, she was a danger to me and my new wife as well as our pets, by being a danger to us she effectively lost her rights to be anywhere near us… she was order to stay away at least 1000 feet and wasn’t allowed back in the home except to collect her belongings with the police there.

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Alwayswasalwaysis t1_j0we95i wrote

That's kind of the problem I'm in. She's bipolar, mentally damaged, doesn't understand things like normal peopel do. It's like taking with a toddler, she won't listen, creates her own facts, threatens to call the police when we try to explain things to her. I told her she can't bring men around because of the mental trauma I have of my past and she said I should just try getting over it. She also thinks she cured her diagnosed bipolar disorder.

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