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Tenants Rights (living in home for sale)


               
2010 Jan 19, 7:00am   28,814 views  22 comments

by Gina   follow (0)  

Due to the housing crash, our land lord informed us he is underwater and has listed the residence as a short sale. A sign is posted outside the residence, the home is listed in MLS and the newspaper.

We requested the listing realtor to be present and to show the residence by appointment only.

We have just spent many hours of our own time and money making the home show ready. This past weekend, we made the home available on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday bewtween 1:00PM to 4:00PM and showed the house to numerous realtors with clients. We even allowed late comers in up to 5 and 5:30 PM. So we are doing our best to help out with the short sale, being very fair and reasonable. The listing real estate agent was not present, but we have been collecting cards.

The realtor is now calling looking for us to show the house to someone.

We feel this is a little to much and would like to know and protect our rights and privacy as much as possible and continue to cooperate with the realtor and home owner with the short sale of their home.

What are our rights as we are tenants in good standing?

Are there laws that regulate the times and hours we need to make the house available?

Do we have the right to say no and choose a more convenient time and day.

We are team players, but my daughter is home ill and my sons have finals this week and we want to have a little peace and quiet as we continue to pay a very high rent.

This is our first time leasing, so we would like to know where we can find out our rights and who is the state or federal agency that oversees tenants rights.

Note we would like to remain in the unit until the end of the school year, but are currently searching for other homes. What do we do in the interim as we do not want to be taken advantage of, but be team players and protect our privacy as much as possible.

Any professional and constructive suggetions and recommendations are appreciated.

Thank you.

#housing

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16   ordertaker   @   2012 Aug 23, 9:21pm  

Years ago, I was living in Houston and was moving from a rental home which the owner was selling. I gave proper notice and was in the process of cleaning on the last day of my lease when a Realtor showed up with clients completely unannounced. I told him that I was still cleaning, that he had not made an appointment and that I was not going to let them in. He was very pushy. I finally relented and allowed him and his clients to enter. Then I pointed out the termites.

17   JodyChunder   @   2012 Aug 23, 9:35pm  

Kween. I am not even kidding. I will type this very slowly so you understand: BUY YOURSELF A GUN. NOW.

A 9MM Glock 19 is a safe bet. If you don't have time, buy a crossbow. They are cheap, you do not need a license, and it'll scare Uncle Lester off better than if he'd smelled a wolf pack.

PRTOECT YOURSELF WOMAN!!!!!

18   Tenpoundbass   @   2012 Aug 24, 12:49am  

Quit being nice, you need to move. You're objective should be some party interest pays you to expedite your exit.

19   PockyClipsNow   @   2012 Aug 24, 4:16am  

bear traps everywhere

are they legal to keep inside your own home? hmmm

20   swebb   @   2012 Aug 27, 6:06am  

KweenofRocknRoll says

WHAT DO I DO?

Change the locks?

21   christine4404   @   2012 Aug 29, 1:07am  

I feel your pain Kweenofrocknroll. I'm a single mom 42yrs. and living on central coast Ca. with four children. And after months of people going through my home four times a week at least. It just sold. And I was given 60 days to move. Thats all fine and good. I was happy there would be no more buyers knocking at my door. However , NOW Inspectors for termites, inspector measuring every inch of my space. In my closets cabnets all the places I stashed our crap to make it look good for Buyers!! I agreed to the inspector same day asked because they talked me into it. No realizing she was taking photos for loan I guess? IDK? But my dirty dishes and messy closets? I told her I was going to throw up if she took one more photo. She thought it would be better if she came back in three hours to finish. Smart lady!! It worked out good for me so I could clean the rest of our closets & because my four children were home from school w/friends doing homework. It made her job tough because no people were not allowed in photos. And there were people (kids)everywhere,some were even following her around with 101 questions where ,what & why she was all up in our space. Anyways, that was yesterday. Now the broker guy who has been in charge e-mailed me saying that the new owners that just bought it.(Its Only been 9 days I was given 60 days notice)Wants to come in and inspect again and make some repairs. He was here four days ago with his wife,brother and brothers girl friend!?! They even had a pow wow for 20 min in my messy garage. My question is it just started the process of escrow? How is it he has rights to push his way into my home now? And be MR. FIX IT ? I plan on fixing towel rack and screen myself before I move. I dont know what repairs they are talking about. I just was peace my last month and a half. Who is my actual owner? Who has the right to come in 24 hr. notice? I paid my rent to the same property management that I only deal with. They had no idea the place was sold. I want to leave on good terms. With out eviction on my record. How far can I push it with out that happening. I'm done. I'm worried about finding new place close to their school. I need to focus on that. The broker e-mails me EVERYDAY asking what I've done so far on getting out? Any leads? Along with letting me know more people will be going through again! Thank you for reading my drama. Christine

22   myrelissa   @   2012 Nov 7, 12:38am  

i was a care giver for this lady and her son, i lived in the with them also i pay 500.00 a month rent while working ther and living, the lady died and had the house up for sale at time of death her daughter is the excutive of everything the is on contrac with the realtor agent its been a couple of couple of months house been on the market the house now has sold the daughter is telling me i gotto go in one week thats impossible she also said that she would change the locks and have power turned off can u please advise me of my rights please

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