Tenant occupied listing not offering showings.

[Daniel K.]

A SFH I see has finally dropped to an attractive price for ROI so I wanted to see it. But the agent said they are accepting offers on it and not showing it. It has a tenant on a month to month lease. Is this a common scenario, and what does it normally mean?

[Bill B.]

Very common. Means they don’t want the tenant to move out because 40 lookie loos wanted to trudge through the house. Mostly neighbors and people who will never buy. 

Make a standard offer with a standard inspection period. I’ve bought more than 1/2 my houses without seeing the inside. I bought my only out of state rental, my most expensive, from just pictures. 

Maybe you get lucky and it scares off all the newbs from even making an offer.