Dealing with problem tenants
Renting out a house is supposed to make money. When the tenant stops paying, the eviction takes months while the mortgage keeps coming due — and you are paying to keep someone else housed.
- Yes, you can sell a house with a tenant still in it
- Behind on rent, damage and open eviction cases are all fine
- You do not have to finish the eviction first
Ask about a tenant problem
Free, no obligation, and we answer fast.
Can you sell a house with tenants in it?
Yes. A lease travels with the property, so the buyer takes it on. In Philadelphia that also means the buyer takes on the licensing and inspection obligations, which is one more reason a retail buyer usually will not touch it — but it is routine for us.
What it costs you to wait
When a tenant stops paying, an eviction commonly takes months from first filing to actually getting the property back. During that time you are paying the mortgage, the taxes, and the insurance with nothing coming in. If they damage the property on the way out, add that too. The security deposit rarely covers it.
What we need to know
- What the rent is, and whether it is being paid
- Whether there is a written lease and when it ends
- How far behind they are
- Whether an eviction has been filed and where it stands
- Anything else — damage, hostility, safety concerns
None of these answers disqualify the property. We would rather have the honest version up front so the number we give you is the number that holds.
You do not have to win the eviction before you sell. Handing us an occupied property with a problem in it is often the faster and cheaper exit.
Also see: squatters and a house that needs work.
How selling to us works
Tell us about the house
Two minutes on the form or one phone call. Address, rough condition, and what is going on. You do not need to have anything cleaned up or figured out first.
We check the numbers
We pull the comparable sales, the tax and lien position, and whatever else is on record for the property. Usually same day, always within one business day.
You get a real cash offer
A written, no-obligation number with the math behind it, so you can see how we got there. No fee to hear it and no pressure to take it.
You pick the closing date
Two weeks, two months, or after the holidays. We settle at a title company, you get certified funds, and you leave whatever you do not want behind.
Other situations we handle
Facing foreclosure
Stop the clock. We can close before the sheriff sale date and settle what you owe.
Inherited a property
A house you did not ask for, in a city you may not live in. We handle it end to end.
Administering an estate
Executor duties, probate, and a house to deal with while you are still grieving.
Liens, judgments & title problems
Tax liens, water bills, old mortgages, clouded title. We own a title company.
House needs work
Roof, water damage, full gut, hoarder cleanout. We buy it exactly as it stands.
Squatters
Someone is living in your property who has no right to be. We deal with it.
Moving to senior care
Free up the equity to pay for care, on a timeline that fits the move-in date.
Out-of-state owner
You do not have to fly in. Everything can be handled remotely and notarized where you are.
Relocating for work
A start date in another state and a house that has not sold yet.
Find out what your house is worth in cash
It takes about two minutes to ask and there is no fee for the answer. If a cash sale is not your best move, we will say so.