Your First REO Listing - Dealing With Evictions

REO listing evictions are tough to handle at times. Thewith personal belongings, you'll have to inform your
good news is that many lenders are offering such highasset manager. They will in turn usually contact the
dollar amounts to occupants to move out that they areevictions department to start the process. The rule of
becoming less common. In spite of the large payouts,thumb for vacant houses with belongings is, if the value
there are still homeowners who feel cheated and willof the belongings is over four or five hundred dollars
not let go of their home easily. Or they want to takeyou evict them. Meaning you don't trash out the
as much from the lender, the way they feel, has beenbelongings, you have to put them in storage for a
taken from them. At times you will have tenants oncertain period of time. If the value is below you just
the property, occupants who were paying their rent, ontrash out the property and prepare the property for
time and weren't notified by the owner that the homemarketing.
was in foreclosure.When you have an eviction situation, you'll want to
Whether you think the current housing issues are faircontinue doing your tasks as scheduled. Meaning,
or not. Occupants are being removed from homes.continued occupancy inspections of the property. If
The most expensive and time consuming way to takeyou notice the occupant has moved out. Notify your
a home for a lender is an eviction. We've seenasset manager at once. They'll usually stop the eviction
evictions take as long as 7 months to complete and atand move on to preparing the home for sale. Not doing
times homes have damage that can't be easilythis little task can cost you the listing and future
repaired. Lenders don't want this. For that reason theybusiness if they find out, some how, that the property
offer much more to occupants to leave.has been vacant for some time and they continued to
When you begin your attempts to contact theinvest on an eviction. Remember that at an average
occupants, shortly after being assigned the listing. You'lleight bpo's are ordered on a property. Don't let this
have to report to the asset manager the outcome ofhappen you you. Open communication with your asset
your attempts. If the occupants don't agree to a cashmanager is key.
for keys agreement or you find the property vacant