How to Prepare Rent Demands for Nonpayment Proceedings

Sooner or later even the luckiest owner gets stuck with a tenant who’s not paying rent. This makes it tougher for owners to make mortgage payments and pay bills such as employee paychecks, utilities, and insurance. But before you can sue to evict, you must ask the tenant to pay the rent owed and give him or her a chance to pay within a certain time period. In legal terms, this is known as a “rent demand.”