Showing Rentals During Tenant Turnover Period

[Christian Bateman]

Hey All, 

My wife and I are currently house hacking a duplex, and we had our first tenants move out. They've been great, and found another place that was bigger, and started moving out about 1-month prior to the lease ending. During this time, we told them we'd like to show the unit to tenants, and they told us that they were done with the house and we could start showing about two days ago.

While my wife was over showing the house, the original tenant showed up and started yelling at my wife for being in the house. We didn't tell them that we'd be showing the house on that specific day because they'd already established they no longer needed the house and we could show it.

How have you dealt with showing your rentals between tenants? What type of communication do you need to have with outgoing tenants to make sure you are respecting their rights, but also giving yourself enough time to find someone before letting the unit go vacant?

Thanks!