My question involves an eviction in the state of: Florida
Hi Everyone! I came across this site & was hoping to get some information.
Our landlord posted a 3 day notice to pay rent or give her possession of our apt.
We are behind 1 1/2 months in our rent; however, our landlord agreed to a payment schedule as of three days ago. This agreement was not signed and just via email back & forth so not sure if it would even be considered valid. Now looking back, guess it would have been a good idea to have it signed. Should have known better on that one.
We get along wonderfully with our landlord aside from this issue. Always paid our rent on time, never had an issue until now. We fell on hard times like so many people & are just getting back on our feet. This is business though and as a landlord she is entitled to the monies owed to her since we are renting her apartment. No dispute there.
I know from start to finish the eviction process can take anywhere from 2-4 weeks depending on how busy the courts are. I know that we have 5 days to answer the complaint (I'm pretty sure it's 5 days) & that the judge can still enter a judgment against us.
I'm sure she would prefer to work this out without having to file suit & incur additional expenses. She even indicated so via emails back & forth. Problem is (yes I have bad luck to say the least & the hits just keep on coming!) our emailed payment schedule (giving her exact amounts of payments, adding in a security deposit etc. etc.) was supposed to start last Friday. My boyfriend's paycheck is ALWAYS direct deposit (for YEARS now). Well wouldn't you know it, there was an error & his direct deposit was deleted from the system in corporate & the papercheck was issued and mailed to the wrong address.![]()
We emailed our landlord and explained all of this, left voicemails to discuss this and we didn't hear back from her until we received the three day notice today (Sunday). Who could blame her?
We are able to stick to the same payment schedule; however it puts us a week behind since payments were to start last Friday and now they will start this coming Friday. Regardless of this, she will still be paid in full and current come the end of the month (which was the same as the previous emailed schedule).
We are in Pinellas County, Florida.
Should we attempt to work this out again via phone calls and emails? We have always had open communication previously. Should we continue to pay her and wait for our chance in court to explain our side of the story and then wait for a judge to decide?
We have been trying to sell what we can, borrow money...etc... to have the money paid within the three day notice but it's just not there. We have been selling what we could just to put food on the table. We don't want to leave, dont have anywhere to go...etc. Come the end of the month she will be paid what she is owed for the 1/2 half of January & the full month of Feb. PLUS an additional security deposit & March's rent will be ontime. We are just playing the catch up game with our bills & Feb. is NOT the month for us to put it mildly.
I was thinking of emailing her & sending her $50 tomorrow (literally that is all the money we have to our name) and then the additional money on Friday & then be back on track with our payment schedule. Thinking that maybe something being paid to her will show some good faith. I dunno. $50 isn't a lot, but it's something? Maybe? Maybe not?
Any help would be appreciated.

