Aloha KayBee,

I'm in agreement with John's reply. Do you have an attorney your site uses? I would certainly check with him. Perhaps one of our legal minds will check in here and shed some light.

Without knowing specifics, I would venture to guess that by accepting a lump sum payment and setting up a payment plan, you effectively clouded your original lien and would need to begin the process again. That said however, depending on how you structured your payment arrangement and the language therein, that may stand on it's own merit in placing the customer in default sole and apart from the lien process.

Any chance these customers would come up with a lump sum amount you would take in exchange for them vacating? (Based on what you think the units would bring at auction, and what your time is worth in no longer having to deal with them?)

Let us know how it turns out. Good luck!

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