Inherited home with tenants

Inherited home with tenants

Member since 2019 · 33 posts · 11 votes

My parents gave me a rental home. My name is on the home now so I can manage the property.

The tenants my parents found has been on a month to month contract for 4 years no ow after their 1 year contract ended.

They have set up a tent to fix cars and my parents have gotten a complaint about them working past midnight. It was nothing major.

If I was to do a new contract, is their anything I can legally do about them fixing cars? Am I allowed to have a key for the shed they built if lease states landlord must have keys for all locks on property?

Can I put on lease they can not fix cars after a certain time? They state it's not a business but they fix cars for different people all day long.

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  • Investor · Memphis, TN · Member since 2013 · 741 posts · 845 votes
    7y

    @Yengkong Sayaovong, it really is best to consult a real estate attorney in your state to give you the best answers! Contract law comes into play here!

  • Member since 2019 · 33 posts · 11 votes
    7y

    @Stephen Akindona

    I already did. My cousin is a real estate lawyer and said that they need a business license and insurance to work on other people's cars. They are claiming they don't need one because they are just helping friends and not making money off of it.

  • Rental Property Investor · Central, FL · Member since 2016 · 950 posts · 821 votes
    7y

    Put it in your new lease that there can be no business activities on the property (consult local rules of course.)

    Also have a no structures allowed besides the property and specifically give them notice to remove the tent. 

    If they want to be a mechanic they can go get a second job.  Your rental, your business.  Their business doesn’t occur on your property. 

  • Investor · Memphis, TN · Member since 2013 · 741 posts · 845 votes
    7y

    @Yengkong Sayaovong, what did your cousin say you should do? Seems very easy to prove that it isn't just friends and family cars they are fixing all day long everyday!

    Maybe just easier to give them notice to vacate and get new tenants! 

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