As well as being a housemate, I had the role as house manager (my name was on the lease and I subletted to the others with the house owner's permission).

So, protect yourself: document your exact rental criteria in an easy to follow format and keep records of what (legally permissible) reasons you deny a tenant, etc.

there'll be realtor's that will be title companies that tell you they've been doing this 30 years and it's impossible they never seen it done it's not true unfortunately these people are doing home sellers and buyers a big disservice they miss countless deals because they fell to be creative there are two types of Deeds for a property one is a deed which is a grant deed quitclaim deed that prove then give title of the home to a particular person then there's a deed of trust a deed of trust is when the bank or some type of lender puts a lien on the property for the amount owed to purchase the property so if you purchase the home through financing you will have both of these titles the title given you power to sell which is the grant deed and then the trust deed or deed of trust if you go down to your Recorders Office you can look up your home and you will see if you have financing that you have a deed of trust and you have ownership title to the home which is the grant deed on the deed of trust you can look up how much you owe how much your monthly payments are and when the loan first started anyways you have the right to transfer title at any time on the property because you are the owner if you read the clauses in the deed of trust it will tell you the stipulations if you change title sometime the lender will require full payment on the loan amount you can avoid this problem by simply contacting the bank with the previous owner who you intend to buy the property from have him go to the bank with you and facts a copy of yours and his ID giving you permission to have access to the account to make payments and know what the balance is you can speak to the bank and say Hey listen I'm going to help out my friend by taking over this property and make timely payments sometimes the banks would just rather get their money then have to pay lawyers and foreclosure costs just to give you a hard time if the bank would want full payment of the loan they give you time to qualify sometimes you don't need to have good credit is basically just documenting all of your payments that you made on time payments you've made on time they give you 60 days to six months to secure financing before they start demanding full payment very rarely have I had this problem but I have had this problem and when I did I just had the previous owner did me the property at the title company and I didn't record the deed which can be dangerous and listed the property for sale when I found a buyer I had the title company record both the Deeds at the same time and I made a big profit I hope you really could appreciate this information you have any further questions 

Better to ask for forgiveness than beg for permission in these circumstances.  

Given a 10 day is a logic period for their response, without response it is consider as a abandoned property such that you can clean up their mess in a legal way.When your tenant(s) didn't inform you they are moving out or leaving officially, you are not supposed to touch their belongings.. if you did, they can sue you. or similar things like you will have to inform or get permission from your tenant to go to the property while your rental lease or landlord and tenant relationship is still active. 

I gave handyman permission to cut in to the sheetrock where the mold is because I want to make sure we don't overlook a bigger problem.

They bought a fridge without your permission, that's on them.

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I asked for permission from the current landlord before we took the pictures. 

He is still there and in the midst of this fight, a minority owner in the property (who refuses to give up their share but owes me money for their share of legal costs and taxes over years) has given the squatter permission to reside on the property until death.