Re: Tenant not paying rent, Spanish Property
Unfortunately, it is extremely hard to evict tenants that are not paying or are even destroying the property in Spain.
It's a common problem for landlords and with the credit crunch it's becoming more and more usual.
Having someone down there wouldn't help either. However, even if it's not of much help, the OP should contact the Police and the Guardia Civil, so that he can show that it has been reported for anything that could happen in the future, such as having to deal with the insurance company.
Apparently, the law is about to be changed because there are way too many cases reported about abussive tenants not paying the rent, or using the apartments to invite illegal inmigrants, so that they have somewhere to stay while they find a job, etc.
You can end up with 20 people in a 30 square mts apartment.