[lazypucker]

OMG!WTF! thank you for the bump. I was going to post an update today.

The deadline of Oct 2 has come and gone. We tried to play nice one more time by emailing the tenant to arrange a unit inspection on Oct 2 hoping he will finally leave peacefully, but the dude didn't give 2 sh*ts about moving out. So my father and I went to RTDRS and filed a case there. Filing cost is $75. Because it a government agency, the earliest court hearing date is Nov 20. At the mean time, the tenant can still stay there.

The instruction from the RTDRS is very clear, we have to physically serve the court papers to the tenant face-to-face. So we waited out by the condo, and luckily we tracked the dude down last night around dinner time and hand-delivered the court papers. We didn't say a word, he knew this was coming.

Anyways, now we just have to sit tight and wait for the hearing date on Nov 20 and wait for the judge's decision. Funny thing is that the dude paid the full rent on time on Oct 1 for the first time ever. RTDRS told us to deposit the e-transfer as no one can force him out until after the court decision is made. Of course the tenant can move out on his own anytime without going through court and we can withdraw the case, but I highly doubt that he is being scared by this filing....

We are now going to be hands-off and will not try to strike a side deal with the tenant, unless he initiate a call to us to settle it out of court.

I will keep you guys up-to-date on this.