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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP did you try to schedule the inspector to accommodate the tenant's schedule?

Your agent should have also told you that many sellers wait until a lease is up, the tenant has moved out, and then they fix up the house for sale.

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OP here: yes we did. We were told between 9am-12pm or 3pm-5pm Thursday or Friday so we chose 3pm Thursday. I just didn’t realize that meant she’d be staying, we just assumed those were times she could be out of the home.  [/quote]

NP here.  Most likely her child takes a nap from 12pm-3pm and after 5pm they are dealing with dinner for her, partner (if she has one) and child and bedtime routines, etc.  So, you were given times that would not impact her family schedule.  They were not times that the house would be vacant.

There are many people who are hourly paid workers that are non-exempt (e.g. they only get paid for hours actually worked) that have to be at the keyboard and available during work hours or they have to take leave.  Someone like a call center operator or remote customer service rep.   I personally would never take leave or not work my normal work shifts if paid hourly, for a landlord to sell the house and have a buyer do an inspection.  Sorry, but unless you want to pay her hourly rate for the time that you are in the house and want her out, she stays and works.

As long as she isn't disruptive (like the previous screaming tenant who tried to discourage the buyer from buying), then why is it a problem for the tenant to use the house while you are doing an inspection?  Just go in, do the inspection and ignore her.  In fact, if she is available, I can see either the buyer (OP) or inspector asking questions of the tenant about the state of the property.  You may find details that an inspector currently can't see (like plumbing or electrical issues that are behind walls) or drainage issues of drains, etc that an inspection would ordinarily not reveal, but may be of interest to you as the buyer.[/quote]

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