Re: Tenant signed lease, moved, and died - Landlord Forum thread 325881

Re: Tenant signed lease, moved, and died by Garry (Iowa) on October 18, 2014 @20:57

I agree with Bill, that YOU,THE LANDLORD, should not give anyone keys to get in or unlock a door to let someone in. BUUUTTT-----you said THEY brought the correct keys with them to get in. Now, either someone STOLE your tenants keys, and is now stealing all his stuff, OOORRR ----maybe, just maybe the people are telling you the TRUTH about him passing away. You can ask questions and get car license plate numbers, and maybe even get names and see drivers licenses, but you cant stop them from going in, as long as they brought their own keys to get into your place. Its no different than if the tenant gave his keys to a family member or friend to go and check on the place when the T goes on a long vacation out of state. If it is all true, let the family clean the place out now, and then deal with the executator of the estate about the lease and the deposit money. Yes, this is a very uncommon situation, but don't go ballistic about all thing negative in this once-in-a-lifetime event.

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