{"id":604,"date":"2016-08-21T16:50:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T20:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?post_type=qa&p=604"},"modified":"2023-07-24T13:46:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:46:42","slug":"what-do-i-do-with-the-previous-tenants-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/what-do-i-do-with-the-previous-tenants-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I do with the previous tenant’s mail?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The previous tenant\u2019s letters<\/b><\/p>\n

What happens if you receive the previous tenant’s mail? Believe it or not, there is a correct protocol for dealing with this.<\/p>\n

Take everything out of your mailbox and write \u201cReturn to sender\u201d<\/b> on it. Then put it back. Your mail carrier should see this and return the mail to its original sender, but it can\u2019t hurt to let him or her know you\u2019ve tried to return mail. <\/p>\n

You can also write \u201cmoved\u201d<\/b> or \u201cnot at this address\u201d<\/b> on the letter which will let the post office know that the recipient is no longer at your address, but it will not necessarily return the letter to the original sender.<\/p>\n

Then you just have to wait and hope that the companies pick up on the change or the resident changes their address. You may be tempted to throw the mail away, but don\u2019t. Of course for ads and flyers or other obvious junk mail, it\u2019s probably fine, but complaining about it and then throwing it away takes away your ammo. If it looks important, get it back in the hands of your letter carrier. You’d want someone to do the same for you, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Learn what protocol you should follow if you continue to receive the previous tenant’s mail. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-faq"},"yoast_head":"\nWhat do I do with the previous tenant's mail? - Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/what-do-i-do-with-the-previous-tenants-mail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What do I do with the previous tenant's mail?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn what protocol you should follow if you continue to receive the previous tenant's mail.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/what-do-i-do-with-the-previous-tenants-mail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Real Estate Topics, Tips, and Guides\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/renthopapartments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-21T20:50:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-24T17:46:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"lawrence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@renthop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@renthop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/what-do-i-do-with-the-previous-tenants-mail\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/what-do-i-do-with-the-previous-tenants-mail\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bfb1e305460412627d529695d248df79\"},\"headline\":\"What do I do with the previous tenant’s mail?\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-21T20:50:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-24T17:46:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/what-do-i-do-with-the-previous-tenants-mail\/\"},\"wordCount\":211,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"FAQ\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/what-do-i-do-with-the-previous-tenants-mail\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/what-do-i-do-with-the-previous-tenants-mail\/\",\"name\":\"What do I do with the previous tenant's mail? 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