Re: Tenant signed lease, moved, and died - Landlord Forum thread 325907

Re: Tenant signed lease, moved, and died by Anonymous on October 19, 2014 @00:35

Her estate can have an attorney appointred that is not going to spend her money to rent a partially filled apt. No, you did not have the keys, they let themselves in with the tenants keys. Why did you not get a point person's phone number or even look at a driver's license to see who they were?

Yes, you need to find out who is the executor, contact the executor, and have the executor come and get her belongings. Some executors will do this, some executors may be in very poor emotional shape, and you will have to box the stuff and put it to storage. The goal is to regain possession, which you can do once the rent is unpaid. Or you can do by working with the executor and having written permission to get the stuff moved to storage in a timely manner.
How can you show the apt with her stuff still there? Technically the estate is responsible, but good luck in getting the estate to pay for a rental the person no longer needs. Estates often won't have enough funds to pay the bills the person has accrued, and they are not prone to paying rent on a place that is not needed.

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