I'm currently in the process of closing my first primary residence deal in NYC, and I would like to ask for a piece of advice to the community.The current tenant of the Seller failed to move out by the closing date and the Seller decided to take a legal vacating process.Background- The current tenant of the Seller failed to move out by the closing date and I heard the tenant is avoiding direct communications with the Seller- Not sure from my end if the tenant is willing to moving out but struggling, or maliciously squatting- I have a vacancy contingency in the contract, thus I can back out at my discretion due to this issue, but currently there is no other properties that I want to move on to due to the market condition- The Seller is trying to take a legal action but it will at least take 3 months or longer, no promise to succeedAdvice to ask- My attorney could not negotiate to ask for a penalty for this delay because the penalty for delay was not included in the contract.

@Angel Peng, Good news!

Remedy after termination.If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord may have a claim for possession and for rent and a separate claim for actual damages for breach of the rental agreement, reasonable attorney fees as provided in § 55.1-1245, and the cost of service of any notice under § 55.1-1245 or 55.1-1415 or process by a sheriff or private process server, which cost shall not exceed the amount authorized by § 55.1-1247, and such claims may be enforced, without limitation, by initiating an action for unlawful entry or detainer.

I refinanced the $300K mortgages keeping it at $300K increasing my cash flow by more than $18K/year.The good news is 1993 was a bad year and there are pages and pages of RE auctions.

It's a legal question, so you should seek legal advice before taking any actions.

Not sure how this helps, but they seem to have a system they like to follow, and their LLCs hold general troughs of investments, i.e. all syndications go in ABC LLC, all direct holdings go in XYZ LLC, etc.From protecting your liability that may arise from an action taken by the syndication, I can't imagine you would create any real protection there.  

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