I've been renting a place on Oahu for almost 10 years now.
My property manager has told me that the owner of the place is selling the property to another owner and the property management company will no longer be in charge of the place.
Curious if I have any rights as a tenant to hold onto this property as a renter after the Property sells.
A few questions:
1. Anyone know of a website where I could see the actual listing if I were to input my address? (I just want to see how much they are listing the place for and if they are being honest about the condition of the place.)
2. Can prospective buyers just come onto the property at any time (the outside of the premise).
3. How much notice does a prospective buyer have to give to view the inside of the unit.
4b. Why is someone so obsessed on moving here when they don't know what is going on? Moving here on Credit Cards and no job seems pretty stupid if you ask me.[}  ] [  ]
5. If I was on a 6 month lease initially, then switched to month to month, Could I possibly ask for another lease to prevent having to move?
Thanks in advance
*edit* Someone is insisting that you read question 4 so I thought I would bump this to make it easier to read. [ ]
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2. They can drive-by at any time. As for coming onto the property in any way (assuming its a single family house), they have to give notice. They can walk by on the sidewalk all they want, but they can't suddenly decide to explore your back yard.
3. 48 hours is the statute. They can ask for less and you can choose to grant that, if you wish, on a case-by-case basis, but if you stick to 48-hours notice, they have to abide by that.
4. Best way would be to buy it yourself. I've seen tenants do some seriously evil stuff to prevent places from selling which leads me to the answer to your next question...
5. Well, for one thing, don't do evil stuff to prevent it from selling. I don't know a single landlord that will give a new lease to a tenant that's actively working to present the property in its worst light and prevent a sale. Few landlords will agree to a new lease if the property is for sale, since that limits their pool of potential buyes.
Another thing to be prepared for (especially if you choose to "go to the dark side" as mentioned in question 4) is that on a month-to-month, the landlord can give you 45-days notice to vacate and you will have to find a new home.
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Thanks for the answers... and to continue:
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Originally posted by jdirgo
2. They can drive-by at any time. As for coming onto the property in any way (assuming its a single family house), they have to give notice. They can walk by on the sidewalk all they want, but they can't suddenly decide to explore your back yard.
Over the last few days, I've been having numerous people literally walking past the house that is in front (which is also part of the property for sale) around to the back of that house, to view the complex behind it that is also for sale along with that front house. Often times these potential buyers will literally park in my driveway blocking my car in.[  !]
So to try and explain the situation more thoroughly, there is 1 lot.
A 2 brm House in front and then 4 1brm apartments in back. (the whole lot is for sale)
How can I prevent prospective buyers from parking in my (private) driveway..... and whom do I complain to if it keeps up?
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It would be completely appropriate (in my purely personal opinion) to put signs up that say "Showings of these properties are by appointment only" and "Driveway is for residents ONLY".
Its one thing to try to be accomodating for showings -- its another thing to be in your yard and have complete strangers show up, or to be trapped in your own driveway.
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from this landlord on o'ahu and land owner up at volcano and fern forest, here's the link to the landlord/tenant codes:
http://hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/ocp/landlord_tenant/
from my own experience, i ALWAYS give a copy of the codes with the lease agreement and a copy of house rules.
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Note to the landlords  ee question #4.
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Whatever you assume,please
just ask a question first.
So the place has sold in less then 20 days[^].
I got a scary letter from the "old" property management company that said the tenants would need to vacate the property in 45 days.
Good thing, less then a day later the tenants received a letter from the new owner asking for those of us who wanted to remain in the place, to get in contact with them.... and they would tell us who the new property management people that are working for them are.
So I emailed her, and the response was that she would be getting back to the tenants in a few days regarding the new property manager.
Can they require us to go back and sign new 6 month leases? Or can we stay on Month-to-Month as most of us have since the initial 6 month leases expired.
Is there any limit to the amount that the new owner can up the price on these units?
Previously we had a non-paved driveway. They are now going to pave it, however they said the process will take up to 5 days. They said we would not be able to park are cars there. If anyone understands how difficult it is to find parking right outside of waikiki on just a short term basis less yet 5 days.... knows the concern I'm going to have finding parking for my car. Parking is suppose to be part of the rent I currently pay... yet now I won't have access to it for 5 days, maybe longer.
I'm just glad the new owner is allowing us the opportunity to stay here.
I hope the rent doesn't get jacked to what market price in this neighborhood would be. I maybe looking at nearly $1800.00 for a 1 Brm right outside of Waikiki.[V]
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[quote] Originally posted by Damon
Can they require us to go back and sign new 6 month leases? Or can we stay on Month-to-Month as most of us have since the initial 6 month leases expired.
The new term is up to the landlord. The choice is yours: stay or leave.
Is there any limit to the amount that the new owner can up the price on these units?
Nope.
Parking is suppose to be part of the rent I currently pay... yet now I won't have access to it for 5 days, maybe longer.
If your lease specifies that they provide you with a parking space than they have to provide you with a parking space somewhere else while the repair is being done.
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If your lease specifies that they provide you with a parking space than they have to provide you with a parking space somewhere else while the repair is being done....
Thanks for the info.
But not to be a pessimist on this issue, let's hope they can, but physically I don't know how it would be possible.
If they aren't able to provide parking... then what is the next step?
I don't want to be a pain in the *** to my new owner/prop. manager... however, the parking situation is terrible here. Cars literally start getting towed every morning off the street that fronts my place at 6:00 in the morning. I just don't know where they can move 4 Cars in total for 5 days.
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