For 30,000 Pesos I suspect someone would be willing to put them out doors with extreme prejudice

Pappy you gonna lay down some suppressing fire before you go in to move out the sofas and chairs or are you gonna just give em the tear gas and the wait till it clears and pick em off one at a time as they run out....You know with the gas the new tenants wont be able to move in for a few weeks.....By the way " Outdoors Man" is the PC way to say homeless person

Naw just send some starving Hatians in there with machete's and pay them with fish heads and a few sacks of subsidized rice at the tasks completion...and the mess is cleaned up of course

pappabowie, as dire as your prescriptions may sound, they might be the only effective remedies. lawyers and fiscales in the Dr have got to be the most dishonest, corrupt, untrustworthy, incompetent and just plain loathsome examples of humanity. as an italian friend of mine once quipped ¨There is no law in the DR; the first guy who wakes up in the morning makes the law¨:

1. I went through the process. I have a judgement of $5000 USD against the former tenant. We got him out and it took one year and cost $2000 in legal fees. I took that approach as I own a hotel. The German swine was renting a storage area for bottles as he runs the variety store next door called Severinos. His DR wfie owns the store and has a large family. If I took the second approach, or if I tried to collect the $5000, I would most likely be advised to leave the island. So we did it by the book. Note: we did nto eveict him from the primary residence, which is even harder.

2. Hire a couple of local toughs (include an off-duty cop if possible) and have them do the eviction after maybe one very serious warning. Whole thing should cost not more that $15,000 RD and be over in two weeks. Be prepared for repercusions.

If they are family, why not use family preasure on them. relatives?

I have always been told que "el dinero no tiene amigos." Unfortunately you learned this the hard way, but even if they are family members you need to get on their case as soon as they miss the first payment. There are lawyers that are honest and you can use them to collect rent money for you. They will notify you immediately if a payment is missed. For now, tell them you are going to make major repairs to the home (roof, flooring, bath, etc.) and they obviously cannot be there during that time (although this might be a hard pull since they know you're trying to get them out). Don't ever let them back in once the "repairs" are done.

And If they dont get out, Then hire a contractor to begin preliminary work where it would become unlivable or a major inconvenience and they will have no choice but to move out.