All Forum Posts by: Paulina Le

I gotta take the other position on this.  If you've seen the unit recently and you have a good relationship with the tenants then I would show it early and provide incentives.  Offer $X dollars to each tenant if they show it to someone and they sign a lease. Vacancy, is your biggest cost so anything you can do to minimize goes a long way.

In my opinion, if your only reason for not showing now is because it is hard, that's laziness masscarading logic. It will likely not be easy and likely not be fruitful, but it might work out. And generally whoever sees it during the time the tenant is there, would not still be looking in a month anyway. So what do you have to lose? Put the work in, and see who bites. You can always tell them the things you are going to fix. 

There is zero reason to show it with a tenant in there. I assume you want to get a jump on getting someone else in. Most likely, it will turn a good tenant off. Most expect a very well kept empty, fresh-looking unit to move into. If you get anything out of showing early, it could be the desperate, or I don't care about anything mentality which will give you another problem. If they are out in 30 days, if it was kept well, it shouldn't take long to turn it around. 

Do not show the property until the tenant is out and repairs have been made.  

After 40+ years of experience, I've learned that most folks have no visual imagination, so the condition they see the first view is what they believe they'll get.

Experience fact #2:  tenants say the darndest things, so avoid showing the unit with an existing tenant, esp one who is on their way out.  They will talk trash about the unit, and probably you as a landlord, too!

 I think it depends on a lot of details that we do not have. If you issued a 30-day notice I assume they are below market rent or a bad tenant. If they are below market I assume that the unit is not in the current condition you need it to be in to show it to get market rent.

If they are a bad tenant then they will probably give you issues while you try to show it.

I would probably wait to show it until you have turned the property

@Paulina Le your lease should spell out when you can start marketing the property. Often, you may need an authorization form signed by the tenant as well, but I would ask your Realtor what is required. For make ready, you typically don't start the cleaning and repairs until after the tenant moves out. You will want to assess the property when they move out to see if any portion of the security deposit is needed to cover damages. Hope this helps!

I would wait till the existing tenants have departed especially if they decide to leave a nasty smell around 

I checked for Aug 2-3, so maybe different....I would recommend going a bit lower for every weekend.....at least for a month or so....