Selling a Rental Property
Tenants still in place, deferred maintenance you have been putting off, and San Diego's tenant protections making a conventional sale complicated. We buy it as it is, tenants included.
Quick answer
Garner Group buys San Diego rental properties with tenants in place and in as-is condition, closing in 7 to 10 days. You do not need to end tenancies, make repairs, or bring the property up to a showable standard before selling. Existing tenancies transfer with the property and we take on the landlord obligations at closing.
7–10Days to closeEvery house.
Same terms.
We buy in our own name with our own funds. Your contract is not assigned to another buyer, and the number you accept is the number on the settlement statement.
- 1Tenants can stay — no need to end tenancies before selling
- 2Deferred maintenance priced in, not fixed by you
- 3No showings scheduled around occupied units
Selling a tenanted property on the open market is the part landlords underestimate. Most buyers want it empty, showings have to be coordinated around people who did not ask to have their home toured, and California's rules about ending a tenancy in order to sell are strict enough that the wrong move is expensive.
We buy the property with the tenancies attached. Leases transfer, deposits transfer, and the tenants stay where they are. Nobody gets a notice because you wanted to sell.
The other half of it is condition. Rentals accumulate deferred maintenance in a way owner-occupied houses do not — the water heater you have been nursing, the roof you have been patching, the unit that has not been repainted through three tenancies. That is priced into our offer instead of becoming a repair list you have to work through before you can list.
If you are getting out because the returns stopped making sense, run the numbers on listing it empty as well. A property in good condition, vacant, on the open market will get a higher price. The trade you are making with us is speed and the removal of every complication above.
Selling a Rental Property — FAQ
Do my tenants have to move out?
No. We buy with tenants in place and take on the tenancies at closing. That is usually better for everyone — you avoid the legal exposure of ending a tenancy in order to sell, and the tenants keep their home.
What happens to the security deposits?
They transfer to us at closing and are credited in escrow, and the obligation to return them becomes ours. Bring the ledger and the lease and we will handle it in the settlement.
What if a tenant is behind on rent or I am mid-eviction?
Tell us where things stand. We buy properties with rent arrears and with proceedings under way, and it is priced into the offer. What you should not do is hide it — it surfaces at estoppel and slows the whole thing down.
Do you need to see inside every unit?
We want to see the property, but we work around the tenants' schedule and we do not need repeat showings. One visit is normally enough.
When should I list it instead?
If the units are in good shape and you can deliver the property vacant without forcing anyone out — a tenancy ending naturally, say — list it. Vacant and renovated is the highest-price scenario, and if you can get there without cost or legal risk, you should.
Find out what we'd pay.
Tell us about the house. We'll come and look at it, explain how we got to the number, and tell you plainly if you would do better listing it instead.