Category: Tenant Buyouts
Should I Propose A Buyout to My Landlord?
Correctly or not, landlords figure that a tenant offering a buyout may be ready to move voluntarily anyway–as in already found a new place and wants some quick cash to exit.
Should I Take A $40,000 Buyout Offer?
I am 65 years old. I’ve lived in my apartment for 22 years. I pay just under $900 for a junior one bedroom on the top floor in the San Francisco Mission district.The landlord offered me a buyout to vacate for $40,000. Should I ask for $60,000?
Are The Buyout Terms My Landlord’s Offering Acceptable?
Should we sign the buyout agreement the landlords provided or renegotiate?
Tenant Buyouts: The Agreement
If you negotiated a buyout agreement with your landlord, get that agreement in writing. Any landlord who balks at this is going to screw you, end of story.
Tenant Buyouts: Strategy for Success
Like a high stakes poker game, buyouts are complicated. If you want want to get the best deal possible, you must be prepared to analyze the deal using the strategies here.
The UD Shuffle
This is a dance you probably shouldn't try to do by yourself. Almost all tenants need a lawyer to lead. You likely have a better chance buying a house in San Francisco than you do prevailing in an unlawful detainer by defending yourself.
But if you insist, here are are some of the basic moves.