How to Evict a Tenant

Take pains to remove a renter from your property legally, or you could find yourself on the wrong side of the law. Know the valid reasons for evicting a tenant, which include nonpayment of rent, a violation of their lease, and creating a health or safety problem.

Free Legal Aid provides useful information about eviction. In addition to the video here, be sure you check out other resources.

Center for Responsible Lending

The Center for Responsible Lending is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan research and policy organization dedicated to protecting home ownership and family wealth by working to eliminate abusive financial practices. Check to learn more.

North Carolina Fair Housing Center

North Carolina Fair Housing Center. Web Links: www.ncruralcenter.org/guidebook/ViewResource.asp?ID=138. Check to learn more.

Residential Rental Application

This is a form that's going to make it more streamlined for tenants who want to apply to rent from you.  How it works is a tenant fills out the application for rental, pays a fee, and then you follow the legal requirements to either approve or disapprove them. Check to learn more.