Under a term lease, you aren't really able to control when the tenant leaves, they leave when they want to even if it breaks the lease.

Leaving them at ground level is asking for a lawsuit.

@Sebastian KressleySo you’re marketing a house that’s still occupied and they may not leave until October ?

I don’t want to because my tenant is older (and a single person in my unit, so a pretty low maintenance tenant)—and I’m not sure she can afford it, but I don’t want to be screwed  when she leaves. 

Just want to share a little of my story....I Hope It can motIvate someone else.Found bigger pockets podcast a little over a year ago.I was going to downsize since kids are leaving for college so I bought a smaller house without a contingency and ended up with 2 houses.

Are they single employer towns where the one big employer leaves and it becomes a  ghost town?

If you offer all of them 15k buyout then maybe one will leave.

That leaves a spread between gross rents and base expense of $657/mo.Tenant pays electric, so you'd be paying water/sewer/garbage (typical) and gas if there is any.

@Bewar TahirDepends on your strategy and end goal.. you want to flip and recycle your cash or leave your cash in buy and hold and collect CF monthly..

Also, once they do leave, I know the damage will have exceeded their deposit.