All Forum Posts by: Ruth Galgano

My brother works for a contractor in that area, he's currently living at my rental property in seminole. I can give him your contact info if you'd like. And I already messaged him to see if I can pass his info along.

After finally getting ahold of my sister in law (she had spoken with the tenant's brother in law, she said the tenant had basically nothing and was living on social security. There will not be probate as he didn't own anything of value. So, we are going to transfer the utilities, cancel any other unnecessary bills and give the brother in law 2 weeks(?) to remove the stuff out of the house so we can get going on fixing it up to lease.

Thank you,

That is a good point, I actually know several real estate agents that are local to the area. I do hate bothering them if I am not paying for their services though. I guess I could use their services if they do rentals and want to advertise/show the house for me, or do RE agents not do that? Oi, I have lots more googling to do, and I'll call my contacts tomorrow to see what we can work out.

Thanks!

 I will look into that route in case it seems like it will be a problem.

Does the estate/probate not inform the utilities? also what about internet? (I do not think he had cable)

Thank you!

Thank you for your reply.

I am pretty sure here in Florida I would need to inform buyers that the person passed. The instance I know of that the sellers were required to inform the buyers of the death, that was a suicide, and this is natural causes. We are planning to keep the property to get us started on our rental journey. I will check on if renters need to be informed.

Thank you! 

That is good to know. I know he did have family but did not leave them anything. We were under the impression he was close with his mom so we have no idea why he did not leave her anything. 

Thank you! I will see about that Lawyer

 Thank you for your reply,

You are correct on 1-4. 

There was no security deposit.

Hey, Thank you so much for replying!

I apologize, my first paragraph wasn't as concise as I thought. I will edit it.

My husband's mother passed away in 2016, and my husband has owned the house since 2017.

Her fiancee (we will call him "John") has since remarried and is living with his new wife. 

John's brother in law is who was renting the house, passed suddenly last week and left everything to John.

The lease was a simple month to month lease and he had been living there alone since mid-late 90s. He was paying for the water, power, etc.

The tenant left all his stuff to John. Do we need to give him 30 days to remove everything and do we charge for that or can we give him till the end of the month?

The tenant also usually paid rent towards the end of the month do we send a "bill" for payment owed to the estate or to John and what about utilities?

I'm sorry for all the questions, of the youtube videos I've watched from BP or other rental YouTubers our situation is very much out of the norm and I am having trouble finding anything online. If you know of a website that will have the info I need I'm happy to search for it myself as well.

Thank you again for your time

Hello!

I have been lurking on and off since September trying to learn what I can. My husband's mother passed away and left him with a house she was renting to her fiancee's ex-brother in law who was on disability and could only afford $300 a month and we didn't want him to be homeless. That basically covered Home insurance and taxes. The house is owned free and clear.

Circumstances have changed now. The tenant passed away suddenly this last week and left everything to my husband's mom's fiancee. The house needs a bit of work, luckily my brother is a contractor and he is willing to do the work. I am just unsure how to proceed in regard to the bills, the tenant's stuff etc.

I guess my questions are:

How do I give a specific time frame to get the house empty? (and make sure it's met)

Do I charge the estate rent/bills until the house is empty of his stuff?  (or does that stop at his death).

Also, how do I make sure that the rent/bills that he needed to pay actually get paid?

He did pass away in the house; will I need to let future tenants know or is that just for selling the house?

House is located in Seminole, Florida it is an old 1940s Sears Bungalow.

Unfortunately, my husband and his mother's fiancee had a falling out after her passing so we are a little apprehensive about speaking to him either in person or on the phone.

Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide!