Local courts actions for certified money order - Arrears not paid!

Yup been saying that since the first post.

 

Gotcha. Just for the shortfall and after the insurance has done their bit.

 

And a couple of kneecaps, toes or digits - whatever it takes.

 

I am a lawyer yet I have a $2500 rental arrears and court order that I did not collect!

 

yes, all the above are great suggestions, but actually I'm doing this to learn something on the way. It tells a lot about the system and how we live in it.

I also reading this: http://whrl.pl/RepOBc
poor guy has the same problem.

Not everyone will do their homework and/or know the tenancy laws as an investor, not everyone has insurance, but of course this goes without saying they should have, but the mum and dad investor would totally rely on assumptions that our system is flawless, its Australia, nothing can go wrong and its all fair until they cop it, but after these few days of research, its so so common and continues to happen so frequently, makes me wonder something as common/trivial as this can be so difficult to resolve with your own hands.

 

Your next hurdle may be if agent A and B didn't meet the very strict guidelines for minimising losses. You/they have a duty of care to the insurance company to breach/evict as soon as possible
There might be an avenue to pursue against Agent A for not following their Duty of Care to you in selecting and screening the tenants.

 

You can Google plenty of stories of dodgy tenants more or less gaming the tribunal system.
I'm of the opinion that 'the system' wants landlords and small businesses to give up chasing these types for relatively small amounts. The bad debtors have so many rights yet are so difficult to hold to account.
It falls back to land lord insurance to pick up the tab. No wonder insurance is so expensive!
Claim the bad debt against your taxable income. Make govt wear some of the loss.