{"id":7532,"date":"2009-03-20T12:56:02","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=7532"},"modified":"2009-03-20T12:56:02","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T19:56:02","slug":"put-down-the-pipe-and-step-away-from-that-lease-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/7532\/put-down-the-pipe-and-step-away-from-that-lease-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Put Down The Pipe – And Step Away From That Lease Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s Unrealistic Sellers Are Today’s Unrealistic Landlords<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just when we thought we had finally convinced all potential sellers that the real estate market was in a crisis – and that realistic pricing was the only way that a sale could be consummated – we now must deal with the unrealistic landlord.<\/p>\n

I’m not talking about the professional Leona Helmsley kind of landlord – they’ve always been around. No, I’m talking about the unrealistic sellers who are instructing their agents to continue to market their properties for sale… AFTER they have rented them out to unwary tenants.<\/p>\n

Don’t get ahead of me, now. I know that this concept is not new. Home managers have been around for years… and they provide a great service to home sellers by furnishing the home – keeping it in showing condition – paying the utilities – maintaining the yard – all while being prepared to move out with 30 days notice.<\/p>\n

Of course, home managers enjoy deeply discounted rents.<\/p>\n

And therein lies the rub. The unrealistic seller wants market rent – while marching prospects through the home. A few days ago, I wrote a quick post about our new GAR lease<\/a><\/strong>, more specifically about Section 20 which reads:<\/p>\n

Upon 24 hours advance notice to Tenant, Landlord shall have the right Monday through Saturday for 9:00AM to 8:00PM to access Premises of Property to inspect, repair, maintain the same and\/or to show the Property to prospective buyers. In the case of emergency, Landlord may enter Premises or Property at any time to protect life and prevent damage to Premises and Property. In addition, during the last ___ days of the term of the Lease, and during any period when Premises is being leased from month to month, Landlord may also place a “for rent” or “for sale” sign in the yard or on the exterior of any dwellling on Property, may install a lockbox and may show Premises to prospective tenants or buyers. In the event a lockbox is installed, Tenant shall secure jeweelry and other valuables and agrees to hold Landlord harmless for any loss thereof. For each occasion where the access Read more<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s Unrealistic Sellers Are Today’s Unrealistic Landlords Just when we thought we had finally convinced all potential sellers that the real estate market was in a crisis – and that realistic pricing was the only way that a sale could be consummated – we now must deal with the unrealistic landlord. I’m not talking about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3033,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3033\/save-a-house-ride-a-realtor%c2%ae\/","url_meta":{"origin":7532,"position":0},"title":"Save a House, Ride a REALTOR\u00ae","author":"Dave Phillips","date":"April 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"(If you are not a country music fan, you may have a serious character flaw, but that is the subject of another post on another Blog.\u00a0 For now, here is a video that will help you \u201cget\u201d the title of this post.) 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