Landlord wannabees that buy property cheap and or when the loan interest rates are low,
expecting to fix and spend nothing maintaining said properties, whilst
'tenants pay it off for them' deserve to be out of pocket, and lucky if the greedy lazy jerks don't lose their own house put up as security collateral, when hard times come
That said, there are realistic landlords out there who screen their tenants properly,
and both groups co-operate to get by during genuine economic hard times,
or new age style economic upheavals, marketed as a global health risk, apparently working great so far
But you don't have to be a sucker and wait months/years to get back an abused un-rentable/un-sellable property
from criminal gutter trash that should never have been born.
I've seen bad tenants get the arse legally and a few times not so legally..
Legally, if done properly, they can be gone in two to four weeks max
It's up to the landlord to research how to do it right, with local police in attendance for the landlords RIGHT to a property inspection,
take pictures and fill in a Property Report form, in case they trash the place any further,
and ask the police to serve and witness the VACATE notice.
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should a landlord deal un-witnessed with a bad tenant once things begin to go south, and vice versa
If they are not gone by the vacate date, the police rock up and get the assh0les out
If that's not possible, pay an armed licensed security mob
who specialize in violence to get it done,
and hire a truck to load up and turf their furniture and belongings where they prefer,
or if they don't care or uncooperative, take it to a charity outlet or local tip
This way you'll pay once, cry once, scum gone, have the property back, and decide what's best for you > repair/rent, repair/sell,
or sell 'as is' cheaper to a buyer who will repair/renovate it, so you can walk away..
OTOH if the landlord has been a cheapskate bean counting ass, talking down to tenants and refusing fair requests to maintain the property,
they deserve serial bad tenants FOREVER
@ Landlords: which type of landlord are you, fair or foul?