All Forum Posts by: Kamran Rahman

I see what you mean...I have been trying to be helpful for the last several months, and I noticed a pattern that anytime I try to help, the tenant tries to either get in the way or dissuade me from selling. I anticipate that is how future attempts to help will result.

With that said, my mentor gave me guidelines that essentially revolve around restricting all future communications to be formal and tied to only either rent, or sending reminder notifications of the last day of tenancy. It seems like my coach is more or less setting the stage for an eviction. In any scenario, any feedback on this plan is appreciated. Obviously, I don't want to go down the eviction route because it seems so avoidable. At the same time, I feel like I have exhausted all known options, so it seems like the only remaining option I have.

FYI I tried sharing an available listing with tenant. They responded shortly after saying that none of the places they have looked at will be available until after the deadline I gave them (I gave them the deadline with 90+ days notice), and then they proceeded to comment "I'm not sure if that will be a problem or not with your plans to sell"..At this point, I am preparing for the worst case scenario. 

I’ve tried sending a few places, and they also said they have found some promising places they are looking into. So I would say that’s already in motion. 

I also offered a cash for keys incentive (it was equal to 3 months rent), and they passed. 

Given that I’ve tried the options above, I have braced myself for evicting them, in the scenario where they do not move out by the deadline I provided in their notice to terminate tenancy. Once complete, this would achieve getting them out. 

Let me know your thoughts. 

Thank you!

I have looked into ordinances and it seems like I have 2 practical options:

1. at some point, pursue eviction due to tenant not accommodating the sales process. 
2. if she doesn’t move out by the date I included in her notice of terminating her tenancy due to selling property, I would initiate eviction process. 

The first one doesn’t offer much benefit, as it wouldn’t be significantly faster than going with option 2. Also, option 2 has more finality, since I would be kick her out due to an exception to the moratorium (which allows for kicking out and evicting a tenant, if owner sells property). For this reason, I am thinking waiting it out and going with option 2. 

Let me know if you have any other thoughts. 

@Joseph Medina, I can’t see your reply. 

Hi all!

I have a 3 bedroom home that I househacked. Currently, only one room is rented out to a tenant. 

In early June, I decided I would sell the property. At that time, I gave a 90 day notice to terminate the lease with the tenant who is currently occupying one room. This notice requires them to move out by the end of September  

This tenant has been challenging to deal with, both before and after I made the decision to sell. Most recently, my sales agent scheduled an appointment to take photos of the property so that it can be listed. The tenant has been refusing access to her room to do a showing because she insists she doesn’t want to show her room since it is messy. As a result, I’m having to reuse a previous picture of the room that I took, before she occupied the room. 

The tenant is not delinquent, and generally has a good rent history. Most of my challenges with them relate to her multiple attempts to demand that I need to reduce rent. However, based on what she has told me, she isn’t able to find a new place that is as affordable as what I provided her, so she is still looking for a new place (note, it has been nearly 2 months since I gave her the 90 day notice). 

So at this point, I am going to use previous pictures of her room, for the listing. 

My concern is that I anticipate she will not make showings easy, so I am anticipating that she may not allow access to her room. As a result, my agent may only be able to show everything on the property, except for her room. 

My goal is to sell the place in the current hot market. The best case scenario is that she moves out before the deadline I gave her in the notice. The worse case scenario is that she still lives on the property after the deadline, and then I end up having to start the eviction process , which would cause obvious delays on selling the property. 

Anyone have feedback on my approach thus far? Any general guidance based on your own experiences ?

Thank you for the response. For me personally, I took the gamble of deciding to self manages a property that is rented out by the room, 3 years ago. I went into this arrangement knowing that it could be a PITA to deal with room-rentals, but figured I would take the gamble. I lost the gamble ! Lol

The amount of active management the property is requiring of me, isn’t worth it for me right now, period. 

My plan is to hold onto the gains , with the intention of rolling them into a different investor property and/or index funds in the next 1-2 years 

 That is helpful to know. It sounds like you have gone through the process first-hand. Am I understanding correctly ?

Given the the current climate due to the moratorium, AND a hot seller’s market, I decided I am selling my rental. I have 2 tenants and already gave them their 90 day notice, and am planning for them to leave within that period. Then I plan to sell. 

What has your experience been like? Have you ended up having to evict, due to the 90 notice not being met? 

Trying again