Selling Duplex with messy tenants

[Adam Taylor]

Anyone have experience with this?

How did you handle?

Were you able to keep tenants in place or did you have to remove them completely to sell the property ?

Need income from rental to help pay bills

[Jon Kelly]

@Adam Taylor Messy is one thing, but are they good tenants? Do they pay on time and are they paying at or near market rent? 

If they're good tenants then I wouldn't be concerned about "messy"... depending on what you mean by messy. A lot of investors prefer a cash-flowing property from day 1, so they can overlook the mess. 

Purchase price is the most important factor. You may have to lower your asking price because of the "mess."