If you knew the tenant was not going to pay, wouldn’t you get the paperwork ready to be filed as soon as possible? It’s not a charity. And the net outcome of h

If you knew the tenant was not going to pay, wouldn’t you get the paperwork ready to be filed as soon as possible? It’s not a charity. And the net outcome of having to deal with paying $1K to get the tenant to move out means that the next tenant will likely see a higher security deposit to cover that eventuality. If an efficient legal system can’t be relied on to quickly move out non-paying tenants, costs are going to rise to compensate. There’s no free rent.