Homeowner Occupied Auctions

[Eric Betten]

I have a question regarding owner occupied auction properties. If you acquire a property with the precious homeowner occupying the home can you evict the homeowner upon possession of the property? My primary lawyer whom I trust says tenants are protected from eviction during the pandemic but homeowners are not.

I asked on a real estate law Q&A forum and was told the same thing by another attorney who gave me some reference material. I researched this myself but law is way out of my realm of education or competence. When I checked the COVID addendums it did say many things about tenants, but nothing about previous homeowners. This leads me to believe that the same protections afforded to tenants do not in fact apply to previous homeowners.

My business partner who is also a property manager seemed skeptical about this based off of his personal experience with the tenants he deals with.

I’d be grateful for any input on this matter. Thank you guys for your time.

I live in the state of Massachusetts, might be relevant, might not be.

Thanks for your time BP community. Keep hustling the good hustle