by Meinhard » Mon May 19, 2014 12:29 am
This question comes from a landlord in Ohio. I had a single tenant who brought in a roommate w/o notifying me. Several months later, my tenant and her new roommate had a dispute over bedbugs so my tenant chose to move out. Apparently this new roommate brought infested my unit with bedbugs. So I now have an occupant living in my unit for which I have no lease. I do know her name. When I asked her to fill out an application to eventually sign a lease she held off. A few days ago she told me she's going to move out at the end of August, one month and a day from now. She also said she'd soon pay rent for August. If she fails to pay rent by the 3rd day of the month I plan to give her a 3-day notice and threaten eviction. If this transpires, do I also need to evict my now absent tenant? Because my tenant vacated w/o giving notice leaving an unlease occupant in my unit, do I need to give my former tenant her deposit back? Can I use the deposit, or part of it, to hire an exterminator? Thx.