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Originally Posted by john70t
Shawn, I'm think you want to keep the existing (paying) tenants in place until it sells? Good move.
You may have to "pester' them to live a bit more cleanly, but it might be for their long-term benefit as well as yours.
An annual fire-alarm battery inspection is not unheard of .
Take pics to document everything while you visit. Make sure they are there during this time, and (of course) let them know well in advance when the Realtor will have a showing scheduled. Treat people with firm respect, and usually it's reciprocated.
Now is a bad time to sell (sellers can loose tens of thousands of dollars), but however it works out I wish you the best.
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I know this sounds funny but I am not that concerned about maintaining a paying tenant in this home. Unfortunately my pestering does not seem to have an impact on the cleanliness of the tenant.....although for her credit she has stopped keeping a bunch of shopping carts from the local stores in her yard
I treat my tenants with the same respect that I would want if I were renting the place but honestly I think that this person may just not know any better or care to change. I have quite a bit of time to worry about getting the place ready to sell and I am just doing my homework ahead of time.