Involved In Real Estate · San Ramon, CA · Member since 2015 · 30 posts · 25 votes
I'm looking for suggestions / advice. I have a tenant that giving their 30 day notice and will be out by the end of June. To avoid much vacancy, I wanted to start advertising now and showing the house for a July 1st ish move in date.
I went to the house yesterday and it's pretty clean (from a dirt point of view), but they have stuff EVERYWHERE. Not hoarders at all, just love to shop i guess and buy stuff. The rooms are pretty full, the garage is full, etc. etc. etc.
I think I'm wasting my time showing it before they move, but then I will kill the month of July probably while someone gives their notice.
Sometimes a landlord will give a current tenant an "incentive" to help re-rent a unit. For example, if it gets rented for July 1, the current tenant gets some type of financial bonus at move out. The idea is that they have to keep it in it's best "showing form" to entice possible applicants.
It really depends on how hot your rental market is. If there is very high demand, people will overlook the clutter and put in an application. However, if it's a slow market, I think you might actually reduce your vacancy by waiting to show your property until when it looks great (i.e. tenant free and clean).
thanks. The house is in Brentwood and there's about 2 other houses for rent in all of Brentwood that are even somewhat similar. So, I know I'll rent it quickly, just wanted to reduce vacancy to as little as possible. Zillow say's there's 13 homes in all of brentwood for rent.
I never show until the unit is move-in ready. Showing the clutter is a major disincentive and you'll just loose an otherwise acceptable tenant. Yep, that impacts vacancies, but that's what's necessary.
Sometimes a landlord will give a current tenant an "incentive" to help re-rent a unit. For example, if it gets rented for July 1, the current tenant gets some type of financial bonus at move out. The idea is that they have to keep it in it's best "showing form" to entice possible applicants.
Show it, let incoming people know the tenants are in midst of moving and if they can look past the disarray you'd be happy to show it.
Don't talk nasty about outgoing tenants.. and @Gail K. had a nice tip on bonus if they can keep it somewhat presentable. Just let them know the quicker you rent it you won't be disrupting anymore.
I find with tenants like that the likely hood they will actually be moved by move out date is LOW and they will push the limit.. maybe suggest now they extend lease and do an extra month..