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That only worked once. Most if the time they simply won’t move and the Sheriff watches while i put their stuff out. Then they panic as they haven’t believed until then it would happen. Drugs are always involved.

According to my buddy, timing is everything. They need to be at least two weeks away from their next government check before the bribe works.

Effectiveness will also depend on what your state and local laws allow.

Most if the time they simply won’t move and the Sheriff watches while i put their stuff out.

I used to manage an apartment building in what I called "a Bad Part of the Hollywood Hills." We had a tenant who did essentially moved in and stopped paying rent immediately, then used every trick (e.g. inventing new roommates who weren't on the paperwork) to stall eviction, all while being a generally horrible person. It didn't help that the landlady refused to pay a lawyer to handle the eviction, which meant that she made every mistake possible and had to start all over again, only to fall into the next pitfall. But when we finally got the sheriffs and the locksmith and changed the locks while the guy was out, it was a source of great joy when the guy came to my door at midnight asking to be let back in and I told him no, that the law said I had to open the door one time, and that was for him to clear out his stuff. He said, "That's not fair," and I said, "Tough." And he said, "Don't give me that tough. You're nothing!" I just laughed and said, "I'm the nothing that has the keys. Now, you can call me when you want to arrange a time to clear your stuff out."

Then they panic as they haven’t believed until then it would happen.

Same apartment, next tenant (that unit was cursed). Stopped paying rent, we went through all the stages of the eviction (not making every mistake this time)--the "Unlawful Detainer," the "Pay Rent or Quit"--and they never responded to any of them and didn't show up in court. When we finally posted the 3-day notice that the sheriffs were going to come and change the locks, the woman (a realtor with a meth problem, from what I could tell) was shocked. "I thought this was all a negotiating position." I told her, "It might have been, but you didn't respond to anything, and now here we are."

Drugs are always involved.

Pretty much.