PropertyManagementMaven: Got "stale" judgements? No payments for a while? I'm to use a Collection Agency

Got "stale" judgements? No payments for a while? I'm to use a Collection Agency

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OK * I'm going to give 10 of my oldest/stalest tenant judgements to Rent Recovery Service * www.rentrecoveryservice.com *  I won't have to pay any $$$ and hopefully they will get some bucks for my clients.

I already have the court judgements and have recorded them locally.  I have verified that my public lien/judgement is noted on their credit report and since many have left the area, I'm hoping the collection agency will get their attention as well as some $$$ .

My lease allows for an 18% interest on the judgement amount which the court has awarded in many of the judgements AND my lease has a $250 fee for me to file a "release/satisfaction" so between the interest and release fee - my owners should get a large part of the judgement awarded when funds are collected....

 

Wallace S. Gibson, CPM * GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
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2 commentsWallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI • August 24 2009 12:15PM

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Wallace, you know, we used to try and collect on delinquents in the past, and were not successful with one exception of a tenant who had his father as a co-signer.  The collection agency we used only gave us pennies while they pocketed the most. 

I like your 18% judgement interest AND the $250 release fee!  Have you been successful in the past on any of these? 

Posted by Diane Rice, Rice Prprty Mgmnt & Rlty, LLC, South Holland, IL 11 months ago

Diane - since I have already recorded the judgements, if they don't pay ME the $250 I don't release the judgement and mark it as satisfied.

I'm sending in accounts that I already have judgements for and I suspect some money will come in with more routine, systematic collection procedures..

Posted by Wallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI (Gibson Management Group, Ltd.) 11 months ago

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