Do I have to show my apt to possible tenants?

[tarp]

Nothing weird about it. Many landlords cannot afford to have a vacant apartment after a tenant leaves. Your lease move out date may also coincide with the beginning of the school year, so people may wish to move in right when you move out.

Follow the terms of your lease. Simple as that.

[s06]

Originally Posted by nightcrawler

I think the LL should show the apartment after you move.

Our LL lets the tenants move, repainted and fixes up if needed then rents it out. Apartments are usually rented within the next month.

Yes; All of my parent's landlords, except one, did this.

Originally Posted by nightcrawler

I would not let any stranger in my apartment, I don't care what the rule it, it is not convenient for me, and no, your not bringing strangers into my home.

I agree. It's not fun to be scared by people unlocking your door when you don't know who they are, whether they're robbers or rapists, etc. I doubt that prospective tenants would want to walk in on the current tenants who might be half naked, having sex, or be bitten or scratched by their pets, etc.

[Kefir King]

The law says "with reasonable notice" at "a reasonable hour."
I think I read not long ago that courts hold 24 hours to be "reasonable notice" except in an emergency situation.

[nightcrawler]

Originally Posted by s06

Yes; All of my parent's landlords, except one, did this.



I agree. It's not fun to be scared by people unlocking your door when you don't know who they are, whether they're robbers or rapists, etc. I doubt that prospective tenants would want to walk in on the current tenants who might be half naked, having sex, or be bitten or scratched by their pets, etc.

I am glad someone gets my logic.


But not to be mean or anything, as a potential tenant, I would rather see the apartment completley vacant, I don;t want to see anyone else's furnishings.

Well, our building has 32 apartments, our LL never shows apartments with tenants living in them.
They move, like I said before, it gets painted and then shown, I am living in NY all my life, I never heard of a LL showing an apartment with tenants living in the apartment.

The Company I work for also owns many apartments buildings and they do the same thing as my LL.
tenant moves, then it gets shown. Actually it is better, that way there is no communication problems between the LL and the tenant, making sure a time is good and so on....it seems like more aggravation to me.

I can see letting the LL show your apartment if it is 2-4 family building or dwelling where the LL really doesn't want to be out any money, that does make sense. But in larger buildings such as mine, it isn't necessary for an apartment to be show while the older tenants are still living there.

[nightcrawler]

Originally Posted by Miss J 74

When I moved in November, I allowed my landlord to bring in prospective tenants in whether I was home or not. It was stipulated as part of my lease, and I had no issue with it.

Allowing this process just makes it easier for your landlord. The faster they can get someone in, the less likely they will have to go without that income they might depend on.

Also what will sometimes happen is they will take the deposit from the new incoming tenant, which in turn goes back to you when you leave.

Let them in, it's not that big of a deal if you're leaving anyway.

Yes it is a big deal, to me it is.

I don't want strange people in my home. I don't want strange people opening up my closets and touching things in my home that I am paying for. As long as the apartment is paid by me up to a certain date, that means that I still live there and you are not coming in.