by REOPro on Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:58 am
Hi,
Your lease, if properly done, will have the protocol for selling your property while occupied by a tenant. Basic protocol will be that you have the right to have the property viewed by prospective buyers during "Normal" hours (9:00am - 7:00pm) providing you give notice to your tenant. I recommend that you set two or three days a week that you and the tenant agree the property can be shown and have the tenant take "extra" care cleaning up on those days. I have sold many properties that were occupied by tenants, but I always had the tenant in agreement before marketing the property. If the tenant is not cooperative, you can make the tenant and an offer to vacant early. I have given back deposits with interest, help them find another rental, offer to sell to the tenant first etc...