NOTICE OF EVICTION LETTER PRE-FILING [INSTRUCTIONS] To have to evict a tenant is never a pleasant process. It is something you hope you never have to do. But, if you own rental properties, the reality is that you will probably have to evict at least one tenant during your lifetime. Because the process is so unpleasant, and many times, very costly, there are many precautions you should take to increase your success rate of not having to evict a tenant. Precautions Checklist Do a credit and background check Responsible tenants generally care about maintaining a solid credit score. Look for tenants who care about their credit. Check references Make sure to call past landlords. Be careful though. Sometimes a prospective tenant will provide the phone number of a friend who then plays the part of a past landlord on the phone. You need to figure out some tough questions that only a true landlord would know. Ask for the address of the property, the zip code, claim familiarity with t