Re: Tenant signed lease, moved, and died - Landlord Forum thread 325857

Re: Tenant signed lease, moved, and died by Bill on October 18, 2014 @12:59

What you have is family vultures coming by to see if anything good was left...especially jewelry and money. Strictly do not let them in. Instruct them to have the executor of the estate contact you. When he does, demand a letter from the lawyer he is using. But do not...do not allow any person in the rental. You are responsible for what happens to the contents.

If no executor or lawyer contacts you, treat the goods like abandoned property that can be sold or converted to your own use in payment for delinquent rent. The meter does not stop. Someone still owes rent.

You may want to get a legal opinion from a lawyer. But do not let him rope you into a schedule of work and payments. Simply as for options that you will take some time to consider. Do not sign anything.

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Re: Tenant signed lease, moved, and died by Bill on October 18, 2014 @13:24	[ Reply ]

The next time you are contacted by these vultures and inform them they are not getting in, ask if they have any rent money that they want to pay in behalf of the deceased. But again, do not let them in.