All Forum Posts by: Susan Freitas

Thank you @Rick Trivedi!

Hello,  I am look for referrals for an attorney and/or auctioneer in Northern CA (near Fairfield). 

My father has rental property near Fairfield, CA. To make a long story short, he had long term tenants and he terminated their lease 5+ months ago (they hadn't actually lived in the property for over 5 years).  They have yet to come gather their belongings which consists of cloths, misc stuff, furniture and 2 vehicles in the garage. The "value" would certainly be considered over $700 without the cars. My father has sent them formal letters, and extended their deadline to get their belongings several times. He has followed the guidelines set in Nolo for advising them and giving them proper notice to claim their belongings and even gave them several extensions before finally sending a last and final notice.  It is now time to move on with the process so he can clean out the home and move in himself.

He understands that he needs to have the personal property auctioned, after advertising the auction for at least a week, and the vehicles go to the city.  Does anyone have recommendations for auction firms that can manage this?  I would also be interested in referrals for a good attorney that could help guide him.  Again, he's following the guidelines in Nolo, but I want to make sure he's covered.

Thank you for your assistance!

Sue

Hello BP Community!  

I'm looking for some assistance for my father.  He has a rental property in Rio Vista, CA.  He had long term tenants that would pay regularly then not, catch up, and the cycle continued.  To complicated things more, they left the state and didn't actually live in the property for about 5 years.  During this time, when my father would reach out and request access to the property they would say no, they are coming back and do not want him inside without them there.

My father's second wife passed and he wants to move from his current home to the rental property so he finally terminated their lease.  It's been over 5 months and the former tenants have yet to come gather their belongings - a lot of cloths, misc stuff, furniture and 2 vehicles in the garage.  The "value" would certainly be considered over $700 without the cars.  My father has sent them formal letters, and extended their deadline to get their belongings several times.  They have promised they were on their way several times then went quiet.  He finally gave them a Last and Final notice, which they didn't respond to until the last day of the waiting period when they called and begged him not to give them more time.  He said no.  

He understands that he needs to have the personal property auctioned, after advertising the auction for at least a week, etc.  Does anyone have recommendations for auction firms that can manage this?  

With regards to the vehicles - any advise on those?  They are stored in the garage so he is unsure if the city will tow them since they are inside and not on the street.

Any advice and recommendations you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Sue

Total newbie here - perhaps you could create a Storyboard showing materials and fixtures that will be used in each area that you can show to prospective tenants to give them an idea of what it will look like when done?  I did this for the rental we are closing on this week - mostly so I could visualize it myself but I figure if we start to show the property early, we could share it with prospective tenants or have print outs in each of the rooms for people to see.