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Can I sell a rental property in Tampa without evicting a problem tenant first? Yes. While traditional buyers won't touch a home with a non-paying tenant or a squatter, professional buyers like The Best Cash Home Buyer specialize in purchasing "tenant-occupied" properties as-is. We take over the legal responsibility and costs of the eviction process after closing, allowing you to sell your tenant-occupied Tampa house immediately without hiring a lawyer or waiting months for a Hillsborough County court date.
If there is one kind of client that has the worst horror stories, it’s the ones who have bad tenants. One landlord I know called me about a few weeks ago. I had bought one of his properties in the past. This time around, I could hear the stress in his voice. “They haven’t paid me in four months and I told them to leave I don’t know how many times,” he would tell me. He would describe to me about the calls going unanswered and no one was answering the door. The only intel he would get was from neighbors telling him that the inside of the house was getting destroyed.
“I know I have additional properties but the damage is going to really take a bite of the maintenance budget. I want to get rid of this property and the people in it as soon as possible,” the landlord told me. So can you sell a house with tenants in Tampa? It can be done. Traditional buyers won’t touch it with a non-paying tenant or squatter. But a professional buyer like The Best Cash Homebuyer will purchase the tenant-occupied property in Tampa as-is and take over the legal responsibility and costs of the eviction process soon after.
The landlord said when selling his tenant occupied property, “I am so glad I have you guys to go to whenever I have a property that needs to be sold.” He keeps his properties well maintained and he was disheartened to know that he was letting go of a property that was in worse shape than he found it in. But he still got the cash offer nonetheless.
I will be straight with you here about something. If you have a property that has bad tenants that you’ve been trying to evict, selling it with an agent is going to be a massive nightmare. If you think about it, there are plenty of reasons why. Here’s what I believe are the reasons:
For those reasons, the traditional selling method isn’t going to work out. As a home buyer that allows you to sell as-is in Tampa, we’ll make sure you get this property off your hands. Even if the tax benefits in Florida are appealing for renovation, it’ll be dang near impossible to do so passing it up could be a better option.
At The Best Cash Home Buyer, we buy houses all over Tampa and the surrounding communities and will handle the legal responsibilities after the property is off your hands. We will use as many legal methods and approaches as possible to ensure that the tenants are evicted accordingly. You don’t need to handle the eviction yourself nor do you need vacant property or tenant cooperation.
We become the landlord and pay the legal fees so you don’t have to handle delays, schedules, or court filings. You get a firm cash offer in Tampa, close in as little as 7 to 14 days and you can worry less about losing money on a property that has bad tenants. Imagine saving as much money as you can doing this.
I have seen landlords lose thousands of dollars. This includes $10,000+ in unpaid rent, $15,000+ in repairs, and so many months of time and stress. Holding the property becomes more expensive and landlords decide that it’s not worth the trouble anymore. So they sell it to my team and I and they move on.
I have seen my share of houses getting damaged from bad tenants. So much so that I could go on all day with the many horror stories. Holes punched through drywall, appliances that were removed or destroyed, mountains of trash, and plumbing issues due to neglect. You won’t even believe me if I told you these stories. And you certainly would not want to set foot in some of those properties.
Enough of that. I want you to be aware that for trashed rental properties or houses in the Tampa area, my team and I will buy the house as-is. You do not have to worry about fixing the damage, cleaning up, or making any future renovation plans. All the cleaning it, repair it, and haul anything away tasks are our responsibility and not yours. You walk away without lifting a finger.
Also, if you’re dealing with a squatter problem, we’ll handle it as well. If you have a vacant property and someone moves in, that will be taken care of. Besides, Florida has laws that don’t tolerate squatters anyway. No lease and no cooperation is the norm, yet the legal action to evict them is still required.
You have the legal right to sell your property at any time. I wish I could say this to every landlord in Florida and across the land. So consider this my opportunity to do so if you’re reading this and are one. There are no requirements to evict first, renovate first, and stabilize the tenant situation first. All of this will be handled by us accordingly. When you sell to us, the ownership transfers over to us. The tenant situation is in our hands and we take all legal steps necessary.
You don’t have to deal with any late night calls, missed payments, or any kind of legal stress. It’s the cleanest exit you can take without going through the traditional means. I can proudly say that my team and I have gone on to save our clients plenty of money that they would have otherwise lost on missed rent payments, repair expenses, and so much more. One client said to me about a week after he sold his property, “I can’t believe that happened so fast. I was about to lose as much money as I had gained in a single month in rental income alone because of one property that needed some damage fixed. In the long haul, I’ll need to be very stringent about my tenant screening methods.”
No. You don’t need to negotiate or offer “cash for keys”. You sell and we handle the situation as-is after closing.
An offer is made within 24 hours. You can close in as little as 7 to 14 days.
No problem. Squatters will be dealt with via local law enforcement and through other legal means. As you may or may not know, Florida has basically changed the game when it comes to squatter’s rights. It allows you to have law enforcement immediately remove squatters. Despite this, don’t try this yourself. We’ll handle the situation by notifying law enforcement ourselves.
Yes. Florida law has implemented penalties where it can be a second-degree felony for squatters causing $1,000 or more of damage to the property. However, we may pursue charges after the house is sold to us so you don’t need to.
Don’t let a bad tenant steal your peace of mind or your equity. If you’re ready to sell your house with bad tenants in Tampa or the surrounding community, my team and I are ready to hear from you. At The Best Cash Home Buyer, we will look over the property safely and don’t get deterred by bad tenants. We’ll take the property off your hands and handle the legal process to evict the bad tenants as soon as possible. For more information on how it works or if you wish to schedule a property discovery with us, contact us now.
