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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is the tenant's home so it is fine for her to stay. Did your agent ask what time would work for the tenant?  That would have been a thoughtful thing to do.

I would be worried about buying a home with a tenant in place.  How much notice did the seller give to the tenant?

I don't know why people are being hard on OP about buying a home, happens all the time.  As a renter if you don't want to have to move due to someone buying the property rent from a rental company/ building that is all rental, etc.  Staying just to stay is a jerk move, especially if you have been given ample notice. Landlords did not get any mortgage freeze like renters got from the government on paying rent during Covid.  (Not a landlord)

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Well I am a landlord and would be pissed if a buyer tried to ask my tenant to leave her home for three hours for an inspection.  What difference does it make if she is there?  Is she going to stand on top of a water-damaged floor to hide it or something?[/quote]

If I were a landlord trying to sell a house and a buyer asked this of my tenant, I would tell them that they need to pay her hourly wages for the duration that she would need to be out of the house if they wanted to ask my tenant to vacate her house when she was working and had a young child at home.  [b]Otherwise, I would ask the tenant if there were any times when she was not scheduled to work when she could vacate the house to allow them in.[/b]  If that means you have to pay a premium to get an inspector on a Saturday afternoon or a Sunday morning, so be it.[/quote]

Even if the tenant is not working, even is she is just sitting their reading a book or picking her nose, she is not obligated to vacate during the inspection!    She might not trust someone she doesn't know, that she did not agree to ANY contract with, who will now be entering her home and opening cabinets and closets.   Maybe she's worried OP or OP's inspector will break something, or steal something, or eat her food.[/quote]

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