Bremerton, WA · Member since 2016 · 19 posts · 6 votes
Hey All,
My wife and I are currently house hacking a duplex, and we had our first tenants move out. They've been great, and found another place that was bigger, and started moving out about 1-month prior to the lease ending. During this time, we told them we'd like to show the unit to tenants, and they told us that they were done with the house and we could start showing about two days ago.
While my wife was over showing the house, the original tenant showed up and started yelling at my wife for being in the house. We didn't tell them that we'd be showing the house on that specific day because they'd already established they no longer needed the house and we could show it.
How have you dealt with showing your rentals between tenants? What type of communication do you need to have with outgoing tenants to make sure you are respecting their rights, but also giving yourself enough time to find someone before letting the unit go vacant?
Developer · Mukilteo wa · Member since 2015 · 22 posts · 10 votes
5y
If they paid for that months rent then it's technically still their space and you should have given 24 hours notice before entering or whatever your lease said. regardless of any friendly or unfriendly conversations or spoken agreements you may have made the lease is still in place imo. Next time just give notice.
Developer · Mukilteo wa · Member since 2015 · 22 posts · 10 votes
5y
If they paid for that months rent then it's technically still their space and you should have given 24 hours notice before entering or whatever your lease said. regardless of any friendly or unfriendly conversations or spoken agreements you may have made the lease is still in place imo. Next time just give notice.
Bremerton, WA · Member since 2016 · 19 posts · 6 votes
5y
@Marc Luzuriaga Thanks for the response! Just out of curiousity, have you dealt with tenants who either ignored your notices, or wasn't complying? This isn't the case here, but just wondering. Thanks again!
This comes down to your relationship with the tenants. I have started showing my rentals as early as 1-2 months in advance and as long as there was a notice and I was present, there were no issues. If they are creating problems during the turnover period, show after they move.
@Marc Luzuriaga Thanks for the response! Just out of curiousity, have you dealt with tenants who either ignored your notices, or wasn't complying? This isn't the case here, but just wondering. Thanks again!
No but I also don't manage my tenants directly. I do get notified of any issues immedately via email from my PM though. Only issues I've had have have been late rents.