Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2017 · 2 posts · 0 votes
Hello all,
Sheriff knocked on my door this AM and told me that my neighbor was getting evicted in 5 days. Consequentially, I've always had an eye on their house as it's a fixer in a great neighborhood.
I'm curious as to what the process is here and if there's any way I can tie this up before it goes into probate, etc....
Would love to hear any anecdotes to this story or any flippers out there well-versed in probate/evictions!
Specialist · Riverside, CA · Member since 2015 · 6k+ posts · 3k+ votes
6y
@Will Johnson what does probate have to do with anything in this situation. Your neighbor is being evicted meaning the owners evicted him, not that the owners died. If you want to discuss a purchase you need to talk to the owners you can generally find a mailing address in public records.
Specialist · Riverside, CA · Member since 2015 · 6k+ posts · 3k+ votes
6y
@Will Johnson what does probate have to do with anything in this situation. Your neighbor is being evicted meaning the owners evicted him, not that the owners died. If you want to discuss a purchase you need to talk to the owners you can generally find a mailing address in public records.
Why’d the sheriff tell you? Were they looking for the neighbor, or is it just common procedure to let all the neighbors know that there may be some excitement in the future?
Chicago, IL · Member since 2018 · 546 posts · 227 votes
6y
Inclined to agree with what others have noted above, given the details. I wasn't aware that the sheriffs go around to the neighbors to let them know that an eviction is to take place (not sure if there's a difference there in terms of what your state law dictates but was unaware that they do this; nice to know!). Just based on the details which were provided in the initial post, since the person is being evicted, the natural assumption is that the property owner is the one who is doing the evicting, and the one who got evicted was a non-paying tenant (or some other clear violation of their lease). It would be a good idea to reach out to the property owner about possibly buying it from -- sounds bad, but maybe play up on the most recent situation; they just had to go through the process of evicting. Is it possible that this isn't their first eviction? Sure. But, they just went through it, nonetheless. Use some of that knowledge to guide/help you during your initial outreach (ie. managing rental properties can be tough with tenant turnover and the possibility of evictions). That's what I've got, just based on the details we have thus far. I hope this helps.