Renters blew my deal!

[Dave Carella]

So I put a house on the market. next door neighbor decided to move out. now  his buddy with another couple are renting it..... with dogs!  we have about 15 feet between the two properties and the new returns are letting  there dogs poop all over the place  and not picking it up.

I just got a feed back from a showing and the buyers were all set to make the offer then they saw and smelled that poop! I don't know what to do. I spoke with the neighbors and there basically telling me to go F off???!!. HOA wont do nothing. Animal control wont do anything. Im sooo frustrated.

Can I sue the landlord? what are my rights? geez. please any feedback would be helpful

[William C.]

Iv been buying and selling houses and helping buyers buy and houses for about 10 years and I can tell you from experience those buyers were not buying the house.....the dog poop might have been the reason they gave, but they weren’t ever buying it. A little bit of dog poop isn’t going to stop them if they really intended on “writing an offer”.

You could probably try to sue, but that isn’t going to get you anywhere or be productive.

If I were trying to sell the home I would first meet with the renters and kill them with kindness. Become friends with them. Is has that ship sailed? If not, then just talk to them and let them know your selling your house. See if there is anyway they lll work with you when you have showings scheduled. See if they’ll keep the dogs inside for the 20 minute . See if they’ll clean up before anyone comes. Or better yet, clean it up yourself...how bad could it be? I doubt it’s really preventing the Home from selling. It doesn’t help that the other property is so close to yours, dogs or not....price sells homes 100% of the time all the time. So if your home is not selling, it’s not worth the price your asking. Iv transacted hundreds of properties, and no matter the condition, price it at what the market will pay, and the market will come and pay.