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Plans for the house changed, thank you for being out on time. --24.152.xxx.xx

NE’s is very straightforward if you can say that and not get drawn into why’s. You could also say every x number of years we need to do maintenance that is too involved for tenants to be living in it. This year it’s time for your house. I would give more than 30 days notice. When I want someone out, I try to make it easy for them. I have given 90 days notice and told them rent is due on the first but since I have asked them to leave so I can do maintenance, I waive things like notice and tell them if they are able to get into a place, take it. If they have paid rent on the first and suddenly move on the 15th, I will refund the unused rent for that month. I don’t want them to lose a place because the new landlord wants their unit filled on the 15th vs waiting for the first. The tenant won’t want to pay double rent. I have also given a 3-4 month lease where month 1 rent stays the same and then each month after raises by $100 to incentivize them to move. --73.159.xxx.xx

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I would still try to sell it to them first,sell the payment so try to keep it at the same payment for mortgage and taxes and insurance as they pay for rent.You may have to do seller concessions to help with closing costs,you will have to walk them through the process and hold there hand.Find a mortgage broker who you know and can help them.Just because they are paycheck to paycheck ,which is an assumption on your part,doesnt mean they cant get a USDA loan,zero down if in the right area or FHA loan 3 1/2 percent down. Otherwise if they are good tenants i would move them to another place or call one of my landlord friends and try to find them anothr place.If those dont work i would give them the legal minimum and start the battle --74.77.xx.xx

So the issue here is: do I tell the truth or make up some B.S. reason of why I posted that notice. --71.207.xxx.xx

Roy, you tell them enough to pacify them and send them on their way, no more. That will be your challenge. --24.152.xxx.xx

"Dear Tenant, we appreciate you being a great tenant all these years, however we have made the difficult decision to move in another direction with the property at 123 Maple St., (insert info about proper notice and sec dep return, etc.) --64.246.xxx.xxx

They need to vacate or you will have to evict. --174.213.xxx.xx

Ask them to move everything out of the south bedroom, painting on Wednesday at 9AM. Fiday the other bedroom same time., remove all supplies and tools so they can not steal anything. --184.59.xxx.xx

So, I really need a good B.S. response instead of the truth. --71.207.xxx.xx

Make sure you come back and let us know how this disaster unfolds. --174.249.xx.xxx

Just tell them the truth. That is we have a contract agreement (the lease) either party can give X time to end the lease. I assume after all this time you are month to month, in my state that is 30 days. Just keep repeating the TRUTH. Only the truth. All renters understand that their "good deal" could end at any time. It's now that time. Every month either party could have given the 30 days notice to end the agreement, they could have given you the same. Offer a letter if that helps of support for the timeframe they lived there. Assure them you would give them a reference if their new landlord calls. They can give them your phone number and you will answer the phone as you have for the last 6 years. All renters also understand the market and the low housing inventory and many many landlord are selling home that were rental houses. It's not new NEWS to anyone. Just the truth. You are good at tell the truth, don't make us stories, don't finally cave in and tell them your business, just the contract is ending. PUT your notification in writing and mail it to them, post on the door and snap a picture with your phone. Send them a text that you posted (Show picture of bright colored paper on their door) just now. Just so they know. I just had to go thru this and they actually moved and they cleaned everything!!! And I gave them back their deposit plus a $1... and Along with the notice to vacate I provided them a check list for move out, for cleaning and how to get their deposit back. I told them I gave them as much time as I had, state law and our agreement is 30 days but I gave them 60 days and they did not balk at the request. I called it a "new season of my life and theirs's too" and "opportunity for everyone" HOPE That helps... i too answer the phone when my residents call. I get what you are saying and being prepared for the good news taken in the worst way (i did something wrong) can go along way. YOu got this. --172.59.xxx.xx

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Agee, don't look for an argument. just the facts. --172.59.xxx.xx

I've had a bunch of these case's. When I went to the City Attorney to file a complaint about squatter filing false police reports, charges, the City attorney called the police on me, for bothering them about Landlord Issues. --47.155.xx.xxx

Efficient is all good and fine, but it is better if you can get them out without making them angry or revengeful. --76.178.xxx.xxx

Have you considered carrying the note for them? --198.168.xx.xxx

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Maybe in this situation you should be like Sid and let it go to voicemail. Ditch the practice and embrace the philosophy. There’s a reason for it. --174.249.xx.xx

When was your last chemo-therapy ? --69.130.xxx.xxx

I am different than many on here. After six years, I would go in person and talk to the tenant. I would be honest. The house is to be sold (no need to go into why). I would give notice immediately. I would tell them I need to follow up this conversation with the required written legal notices. --98.237.xxx.xx

Nicole then they agree that they can live there until it's sold. I would not tell them your business or your intentions. They get all wiggly when they think you can and will make money. Poor folks have poor mindsets you are smart to manage them. --172.59.xxx.xx

Other than the persons feelings, after six years of living there what would you deduct from the deposit? So armed with that - buy some cooperation by offering a rapid refund of the deposit. You could even return part of the deposit now. --24.101.xxx.xxx

I would not return any deposit before hand. They could leave a dumpster full of their crap thru collected over six years! Six years ago the deposit may not have been as much as inflation has increased the dumpster cost. Let them give you back a clean sparkling clean house with all their dirt and stuff removed! Hang on to the deposit. Be smart. Return it according to your state laws --172.59.xxx.xx

I also wonder how it would feel to be a tenant of 6 years and then suddenly be asked to move? Even though it is common knowledge that this could happen, I don't think it would feel good. Just think about being considerate and kind when giving them the notice. I doubt BSing them will display this. They have paid for the house for you haven't they? Why can't you give them plenty of notice in return? And, be truthful. --76.129.xxx.xx

That statement hit the nail on the head. I am dealing with a poor mindset here and I am just looking for the most professional way to communicate with this long term tenant. I will be posting my Vacate notice on Thursday. --71.207.xxx.xx

None of that was a lie, it just wasn't the truth they though it was. I am totally rehabbing the house right now and it's looking very good. Once it's done, I will put it on the market for rent. I'm sure they thought I was going to sell, but I never told them that. The house was expectedly trashed when I got it back, but they didn't destroy anything. Well, except for the coil on the HVAC. That was the final straw. They turned the filter the opposite direction and blew everything that was stuck on it through the furnace and totally clogged the coil. That's when they got the notice to move. Long story of how the filter got to be that bad in the first place, but processes have been revised and it won't happen again. Ultimately, it was my fault and I have taken responsibility, then made sure it won't happen again. --45.17.xxx.xxx

Might an investor buy it w tenants in place? --172.59.xxx.xxx

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I had this exact situation. I simply told them that our management had decided on other plans for the house. We gave them 60 days notice and said if they needed more time to let us know within the next week and we could arrange for an additional month if they paid in advance. We thanked them for being our tenant and said if they needed a reference to another landlord that we would do a "before and after" reference where we give them a reference before they are rented to and then another after they leave the house. Although by then they'd already be in the new place, this incentivizes them to leave the house nice because if we report to the new LL AFTER they move out that they left the place a mess...the new LL would probably either take immediate action or at least anticipate issues later...which would reflect poorly on the tenant. --64.38.xxx.xxx