do you show before tenants move out

[Joanne Tsai]

Hi all, 

I am curious about the common practice here. I have a condo in NYC, where the realtors always show the unit before the tenants move out. in the end of the day, my vacancy has been 0 days in the past 10 years. Similar stories with our MF in Mass, very very few days in between tenants.

Now I have several houses in TX, and my PM keeps telling me it's not recommended to show when the tenants are still in there. It impacts the quality of the applicants bc the condition of the house can be messy, etc. But that translates into, tenants move out, showing, accepting application, and background checks, etc, before we know it, it's a month in between tenants.  

what do you do? I figure given the competitiveness of the rental market now, I don't see why one can't show before the current tenants move out as long as the lease terms allow it. 

Any advice?

Thanks, 

Joanne

[Mary Smith]

I would definitely conduct house showings before your current tenants move out. Yes, the house might not be presented in the best light (many tenants can be messy) but you will still have plenty of interested applicants.