Great deal, bad tenants

[Alyssa Miller]

Hello,

I’m 22 and a first time investor, looking to house hack with my partner.

I found a great duplex for house hacking and decided to do pre-inspection to be competitive. However, the tenants would not allow us in on one side.

The tenant opened the window to speak with our agent and inspector and we could hear him yell names at the top of his lungs at them and say many curse words and slam the window very aggressively.

The property was absolutely perfect on all fronts other than the tenants behavior. Should we have called it off based on the tenant? How seriously should we take a tenants behavior?

Context: The property was very hot and had many viewings in the span of 3 days of being on the market. They had just had a pre-inspection the day prior from 10am-5pm and many walk throughs of their home. There was a miscommunication on the listing agents part, she had told us we could pre-inspect when the tenant had not approved of the timing do to family plans at home. The tenant had just renewed to stay for another year and alleging had a history of paying on time etc. They were also paying exactly market value.

We need guidance! Thank you in advance!

[Joe Scaparra]

Estopple Letters are always recommended on any transfer of rental properties.  I need everyone who has responded to get rid of the tenant to explain WHY.

@Bjorn Ahlblad @Zachary Ray @Steven Foster Wilson @Stephen J Davis    Before you spout off keep this in mind as I quote from the OP:  "They had just had a pre-inspection the day prior from 10am-5pm and many walk throughs of their home. There was a miscommunication on the listing agents part, she had told us we could pre-inspect when the tenant had not approved of the timing do to family plans at home"

Now consider you are the tenant who just signed a year extension.  Then you are either told or not told to what extent but you are EXPECTED TO OPEN YOUR HOUSE UP FOR INSPECTION FOR 7HOURS the previous day!!!!!  AND now they are supposed to open their house again and be happy about that the very next day and they were not told about it!!!!!!   

So now you recommend getting rid of a on-time paying tenant, who keeps the unit in GREAT shape, just because he was upset at having to show his unit again.  ARE YOU GUYS OUT OF YOUR MIND!!!