Q: What is the process to sell our rental home with a tenant occupying the home but are on month to month in Portland Or?
We currently have a rental home being occupied by month to month and want to sell the home. The current tenant has recently purchased a home and has moved out. What are the process to taking the home back to sell the home if the tenant are now inquiring about a relocation assistance payment and has seek a lawyer. We have mentioned previously in conversation that we have intentions of selling the home soon but they have asked to stay until they can move to their new home which we oblige. They have since given us the key back to the home and are seeking relocation assistance payment which we have not even started the process of selling the home. What is the next step? We do have a home owner lawyer as well.
A: Much depends upon the exact details but relocation assistance is only owed when a landlord terminates a tenancy without cause, refuses to renew a lease, or increases rent beyond specified limits. It sounds as if your tenants are the ones who terminated their tenancy which normally would not entitle them to relocation assistance. If you propose to sell, you cannot lawfully issue them a termination notice until after you have accepted an offer and the buyer certified that they intend to occupy the dwelling as their primary residence. If, for example, the buyer wants it as investment property, then the tenants would stay and simply pay their rent to a new landlord. Questions? Review everything with a local landlord-tenant attorney. Good luck.
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