Late Rent Reply

June 3, 2003


RE: Your letter dated May 31, 2003

Dear Ms. Menudo,

We value you as a tenant.

It is important to receive rent on time, and we would actually prefer to get rents on time than to “make an extra $35.” Please note rent is due in our office by the 1st of the month, with a five day grace period, which means if rent is mailed on the 5th, it’s late.

Our attorney’s letter contained a typographical error, April’s rent was received on April 7th, not the 17th. However, since rent is due on the 1st with a five day grace period, Aprils’ rent was still late. May’s rent was received on the 6th and deposited the same day. Enclosed is a copy of your envelope which was postmarked on May 5th, and received the next day. I trust you now believe our records are straight.

We sent you a Notice to Cease for two reasons, 1) in order to give you formal notice not to pay rent late and 2) in order to protect our rights in case there are future problems. This is standard procedure, and we send this notice to all tenants who have two late payments in a six month period, we are not singling you out. After receiving a Notice to Cease, a tenant making two more late payments receives a Notice to Quit terminating their tenancy.

You can send your rent by certified mail to the same address, but that is not really necessary. It usually takes only one or two days for the rent to reach us by first class mail. If you mail your rent a few days before the first of the month, you’ll have no problem.

We have already waived the late fee for April’s late payment. Please pay the late fee for May. Enclosed is an invoice and a payment envelope. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Very truly yours,





XXX Mgt, Co. Inc.
Rosey,
Property Manager