As you know, last week I was in court representing myself for eviction in Whitmore Lake.
There has been other trouble brewing in Brighton. I have a tenant who actually makes good money - over 50k. Probably a record for any of my tenants. But for some reason he is inept at paying his bill to me or the utilities.
He failed to put the consumers bill in his name, and I didn't pay the one in my name, so the $85 in my name went to collections in February. He still hasn't paid the collection agency.
The DTE bill is still in my name (he moved in at Xmas). He is always one month behind and they mail me a shutoff notice every month.
He is paid up through mid may. Today is July 3. On June 2, he said the next friday he would have payment. Then he was out of the town and the check would be delayed, Then he said it was in the mail around like June 15. Today is July 3 and that check never came. I got pissed and told him I was going to send in the eviction paperwork to the court. Then he appeared to get motivated and said he would drive a check to my office. Didn't. Then he said he would fedex the check to me. Never happened. Then he said he could pay via credit card - it was denied. Then he said he would western union me the money today - didn't. At this point, I have no confidence he will pay, but the prospect of eviction and not collecting, then paying to evict, then remodeling and missing the next month anyway blows too. He said he is getting paid Friday and will have cash. I am thinking on Friday I will drive my ass up to Brighton and if the cash isn't there, then I will just file the eviction paperwork since I will already be there.
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